Generally (and I write as a noob) I use: pkg update -nv (it's a dry run)
then you can decide to apply all of them with: pkg update -v (verbose mode) or select the package proposed update you want to apply. More info here: https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/GeneralAdministration#PackageManagement On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 4:11 PM, Software Information < softwareinfor...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All > I am just being introduced to IllumOS and OmniOS. I am coming from FreeBSD > so as I learn I try to think of the command equivalent to what I know in > FreeBSD. I am currently studying how to manage packages and so far, one > thing that is eluding me is how to know which packages need updating. In > freebsd I would do pkg version -v to see the list. Something like below > would be the result. > > opendkim-2.9.2_5 < needs updating (index has 2.10.3_6) > openntpd-6.0p1_3,2 < needs updating (index has 6.0p1_4,2) > p5-Bit-Vector-7.3 < needs updating (index has 7.4) > p5-Carp-Clan-6.04 < needs updating (index has 6.06) > p5-Date-Calc-6.3 < needs updating (index has 6.4) > p5-Locale-gettext-1.05_3 < needs updating (index has 1.06) > pcre-8.37_4 < needs updating (index has 8.40) > > What command would I use in IllumOS? Thanks for any help and I have to > say, I am impressed with the concepts I am seeing. > > Regards > > _______________________________________________ > OmniOS-discuss mailing list > OmniOS-discuss@lists.omniti.com > http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss > >
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