On Mar 10, 2022, at 03:18, Sriranga Veeraraghavan wrote: > On Mar 10, 2022, at 00:34, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > >> On Mar 9, 2022, at 17:13, James Secan wrote: >>> >>> when I run "port upgrade installed -u outdated” >> >> This command doesn't make a great deal of sense. You're asking MacPorts to >> upgrade the "installed" ports (which includes those those that are outdated >> and those that aren't) and also the "outdated" ports (those that are >> outdated). It would be simpler and more efficient to just run "sudo port -u >> upgrade outdated". Single-dash/single-letter flags like "-u" go after "port" >> and before the action (the action in this case being "upgrade"). > > Thanks for clarifying,
In fact I should clarify further that the "installed" pseudoport includes not only active ports but also inactive ports (which are never considered outdated), so running "upgrade installed" does make MacPorts do quite a bit of extra work that can be avoided by running "upgrade outdated". > I mis-typed the command I normally use (which you mentioned below): > > $ sudo port -u upgrade outdated > > Based on your description, it may be safer to just do: > > $ sudo port upgrade outdated > > and periodically run: > > $ sudo port reclaim > > I have never seen a reminder to run port reclaim, but my macports > installation is old and I may have messed with the config files at some point > and forgotten about it. "port reclaim --enable-reminders" enables reminders; "port reclaim --disable-reminders" disables them.
