Various package/ports problems

[Gerard Seibert]

Chris Whitehouse wrote:

> Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote:
> 
> > So now i can find out what version each port is, but that doesnt
> > help me know whether these are outdated, or to update them.
> > For that im still stuck on the Ruby core dump problem. I did 
> > reinstall portupgrade, ruby18, and the ruby-bdb thing, but sadly
> > i still get the same abort trap/core dump thing ive reported all
> > along. Is there any other way i can attack this last issue?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Jen
> 
> Have you tried portmanager (sysutils/portmanager)? The -s option just 
> reports on what's required to upgrade.

Assuming you have a freshly updated ports tree, you could also just run
this little command:

     /usr/sbin/pkg_version -vIL=

It will display what needs to be updated very quickly. I think that
'portmanager' would be the best way to update the ports however.


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