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jukka
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Location: Zurich, Switzerland
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 Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2002 2:12 pm Post subject: print outdated packages |
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print outdated packages
to print all installed packages whose version number don't match the latest available version you can use this small bash script:
| Code: | #!/bin/bash
#
# filters 'emerge -s' style output and prints
# - all installed packages whose version numbers don't match the latest
# available version (default)
# - all installed packages (if -a of --all specified)
#
# Jukka Salmi 2002-08-30
#
declare line avlb inst
print_element ()
{
echo -e "${line#\* }:"
echo -e "\tlatest version: ${avlb##*: }\n\tinstalled: ${inst##*: }\n"
}
while read line; do
[ "${line:0:3}" != "* " ] && continue
read avlb
read inst
[ "${inst##*: }" == "[ Not Installed ]" ] && continue
case "$1" in
-a|--all) print_element ;;
*) [ "${avlb##*: }" != "${inst##*: }" ] && print_element ;;
esac
done
exit 0
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you can use it like this:
| Code: | $ emerge -s '.*' | /path/to/the/script_above
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of course you can limit the search to whatever you want to.
an example output of this filter script looks as follows:
| Code: | dev-libs/expat:
latest version: 1.95.4
installed: 1.95.3
dev-libs/glib:
latest version: 2.0.6-r1
installed: 1.2.10-r4
net-libs/libnet:
latest version: 1.1.0
installed: 1.0.2a-r1
sys-apps/console-tools:
latest version: 0.2.3-r4
installed: 1.06-r1
sys-apps/miscfiles:
latest version: 1.3
installed: 1.2-r1
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invoking the script with -a or --all prints all installed packages, not only the outdated ones.
HTH and cheers,
jukka
p.s.: i didn't search the forum, so maybe there are scripts which do the same thing much better / faster...
Last edited by jukka on Mon Sep 02, 2002 12:08 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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TaboZ
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| Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2002 3:39 pm Post subject: i am probably dumb... |
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| Whats the difference with a emerge rsync; emerge -up world ? |
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TripKnot
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| Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2002 1:16 am Post subject: |
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I haven't tried the above script yet, but I assume it checks for dependencies.(my miscfiles shows the same versioning diffs as in the above post even though 'emerge world -up' shows nothing to update)
emerge world -u only updates programs listed in the world file which does not include dependencies. When a program is updated only then are its dependencies updated too. So identifying dependencies that could be updated makes this script have some use. |
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jukka
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| Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2002 11:35 am Post subject: |
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hi TaboZ,
what TripKnot said is correct. my script parses the output of 'emerge -s ...', so if you list all packages (emerge -s '.*'), the script examines ALL installed packages, not only those listed in the world file.
some examples:
| Code: | | $ emerge -s '.*' | my_script |
prints all installed and outdated packages.
| Code: | | $ emerge -s '.*' | my_script --all |
prints a list of ALL installed packages, whether they are outdated or not.
greetings, jukka |
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TaboZ
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| Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2002 1:22 pm Post subject: Right |
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Thanx for the reply. I see it now
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63nt00
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| Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2002 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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and what's the difference then between your script and a "emerge -p clean" ?
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TaboZ
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| Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2002 9:14 pm Post subject: qpkg -d |
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emerge rsync; emerge -u world; emerge -p clean
what to think of this?
example:
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giant root # emerge -p clean
>>> These are the packages that I would unmerge:
>>> No outdated packages were found on your system.
giant root # qpkg -d
app-text/docbook-sgml-dtd
dev-libs/glib
gnome-base/control-center
gnome-base/gconf
gnome-base/gnome-panel
gnome-base/gnome-vfs
gnome-base/libglade
sys-apps/baselayout
sys-devel/gcc
sys-libs/db
sys-libs/glibc
x11-libs/gtk+
x11-libs/qt
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But maybe this discussion should be moved to another forum? |
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wzzrd
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| Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 8:50 am Post subject: |
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| Very useful script! Thanks! |
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