Nevermind. I see now this was a feature request, not a help request sent to @freebsd-questions.
Anyway, it might be possible to use `pkg shell' to query the package's info page for an 'update available' boolean. > ---------------------------------------- > From: Sysadmin Lists <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue Mar 22 18:54:22 CET 2022 > To: Mark Millard <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>, FreeBSD Toolchain > <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Eugene Grosbein > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: An idea for a pkg option > > > `awk' could probably handle that. Something like this*: > > BEGIN { system("pkg update") } > { while ("pkg info " $1 | getline line > 0) { if ( line ~ /^Available/) { > packages = package $1 " "; break } } > END { "pkg -y upgrade " packages } > > # awk -f pkg_upgrade.awk ~/origins/CA72-pkgs.txt > > 1. updates pkg repo[s] once > 2. checks each package's info for a line begins with "Available" (I think > packages with available updates have such a line) > 3. creates a list of those packages > 4. updates them all together > > * Not tested > ** `pkg query' might have an entry for 'available update' but the manpage > didn't reveal one > *** you can use a pattern to only match specific packages inside your file; > the current empty pattern matches all > > > ---------------------------------------- > > From: Mark Millard <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tue Mar 22 10:56:56 CET 2022 > > To: Eugene Grosbein <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > > FreeBSD Toolchain <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: An idea for a pkg option > > > > > > On 2022-Mar-22, at 02:34, Eugene Grosbein <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 22.03.2022 16:28, Mark Millard wrote: > > > > > >> So it might look something like: > > >> > > >> # pkg install --available-ones-of `cat ~/origins/CA72-pkgs.txt` > > >> Updating custom repository catalogue... > > >> custom repository is up to date. > > >> All repositories are up to date. > > >> pkg: No packages available to install matching 'macchiatobin-edk2' have > > >> been found in the repositories > > >> pkg: No packages available to install matching 'rpi3-edk2' have been > > >> found in the repositories > > >> pkg: No packages available to install matching 'rpi4-edk2' have been > > >> found in the repositories > > >> Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) > > >> The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked): > > >> > > >> New packages to be INSTALLED: > > >> llvm14: 14.0.0.r4 > > >> > > >> Number of packages to be installed: 1 > > >> > > >> The process will require 864 MiB more space. > > >> > > >> Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y > > >> [1/1] Installing llvm14-14.0.0.r4... > > >> [1/1] Extracting llvm14-14.0.0.r4: 100% > > > > > > Use: pkg install -yU *.pkg > > > > There may well be packages around that I do not > > want installed unless pulled in as a dependency > > of something that I do want. So a general wild > > card is not what I'm after. > > > > For my explicit list of what to try to install > > (in the file) your command does not work for > > my purpose/goal: > > > > # pkg install -yU `cat ~/origins/amd64-pkgs.txt` > > pkg: No packages available to install matching 'rpi4-edk2' have been found > > in the repositories > > pkg: No packages available to install matching 'rpi4-edk2' have been found > > in the repositories > > > > Without the two missing packages being listed in > > the file, your command does: > > > > # pkg install -yU `cat ~/origins/amd64-pkgs.txt` > > Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting) > > The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked): > > > > New packages to be INSTALLED: > > llvm14: 14.0.0.r4 > > > > Number of packages to be installed: 1 > > > > The process will require 1 GiB more space. > > [1/1] Installing llvm14-14.0.0.r4... > > [1/1] Extracting llvm14-14.0.0.r4: 100% > > > > > > === > > Mark Millard > > marklmi at yahoo.com > > > > > > > -- > Sent with https://mailfence.com > Secure and private email -- Sent with https://mailfence.com Secure and private email
