On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]>wrote:
> > What I'm looking for is a convenient way to see what versions are > available > > to be installed and what versions, if any, are installed. > > "port installed" tells your which ports are installed. You can restrict > that, e.g. "port installed zlib" to see which version(s) of the zlib port > are installed. > > "port outdated" tells you which of those ports are outdated. You can > restrict that too, e.g. "port outdated zlib" to see if zlib is outdated. > > There is always only one version of a port available to be installed—the > current version. To install older versions, you have to jump through hoops > explained here: > And what is missing from all of this is what I understood your original question to be: what *packages* might be available (which depends on variants etc.). "port list" shows what will build from source; only a subset of this is available as binary packages, and even then only for some architectures and default variants (and only with the default MacPorts prefix of /opt/local). -- brandon s allbery [email protected] wandering unix systems administrator (available) (412) 475-9364 vm/sms
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