SYNOPSIS

port [-q] outdated

DESCRIPTION

port outdated lists all ports that have newer versions available. For each port, it prints the name and both the old and the new version. port outdated will give you the reason why MacPorts considers a port to be outdated. This could be

  • due to an update, i.e. if the version number increased,

  • due to a revision bump, i.e. a higher revision,

  • due to an epoch increase (used in situations where the version number decreased, but the port still is newer than the previous one), or

  • due to an OS upgrade. MacPorts will consider ports built on a previous version of macOS outdated.

The ports listed in port outdated are the ports that will be upgraded when you run

$> sudo port upgrade outdated

i.e. those the outdated pseudo-port selector expands to, with one exception: If you have the newest version of a port installed, but deactivated in favor of an older version, port outdated will list it as outdated, but sudo port upgrade outdated will not upgrade it. This can be used to intentionally stay at an older version of a port, e.g. if the newer version does not work as expected. Note that MacPorts will still install newer versions of such ports if they are dependencies of other ports to be installed or upgraded.

GLOBAL OPTIONS

Please see the section GLOBAL OPTIONS in the port(1) man page for a description of global port options.

-q

Do not list the header line or the message that no ports are outdated.

SEE ALSO

port(1), port-upgrade(1)

AUTHORS

(C) 2014 The MacPorts Project
Clemens Lang <cal@macports.org>