Now everything is OK. Thank you very much. > Porticus does nothing else than using those commands.
I am grateful for important information. It makes sure that at least Porticus does nothing harmful to MacPorts. Kuniaki On Mar 11, 2009, at 6:50 PM, Emmanuel Hainry wrote: > Citando Kuniaki Mukai : >> >> However I have found there is still something wrong >> with MacPorts on my mac. Here is a new log >> of 'port outdated'. >> >> % sudo port sync >> Password: >> % sudo port selfupdate >> >> MacPorts base version 1.700 installed >> Downloaded MacPorts base version 1.700 >> >> The MacPorts installation is not outdated so it was not updated >> >> ( Porticus menu item 'Self Update' being done) >> >> % port outdated >> The following installed ports are outdated: >> bash 4.0.0_0 < 4.0.10_0 >> mpfr 2.4.1-p2_0 < 2.4.1-p4_0 >> >> >> The new log keeps me confused. Why does 'port outdated' command work >> correct >> only after selfupdating by Porticus , even after 'sudo port sync' or 'sudo >> port selfupdate.' >> >> Kuniaki Mukai > > > 'sync' updates the port index which means the port definitions. > 'selfupdate' does 'sync' and updates macports itself (the "port" > command). None of them do upgrade the ports themselves. > > So > > port sync; port outdated > > will list the ports whose definitions have been updated. If you want to > upgrade those ports, you need to > > port update bash > > then port outdated will only list the ports for which there is still a > definition (portfile) newer than what you have installed. > > To sum up, there are portfile which are definitions of ports, that you > can sync with the 'sync' command; and there are softwares themselves > (port installed will list what you have installed, port outdated what > you can upgrade). > > Porticus does nothing else than using those commands. > > Best, > > Emmanuel > _______________________________________________ > macports-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
