https://github.com/conormcd/portdiff

Finds the difference between a list of ports that you want to have on your FreeBSD system and the list of ports currently installed.
https://github.com/conormcd/portdiff

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Finds the difference between a list of ports that you want to have on your FreeBSD system and the list of ports currently installed.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/conormcd/portdiff
• Owner: conormcd
• Created: 2010-12-21T10:07:40.000Z (over 15 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2012-06-26T11:25:24.000Z (almost 14 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-10-09T19:33:22.413Z (8 months ago)
• Language: Perl
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• Size: 85.9 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README

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Finds the difference between a list of ports that you want to

have on your system and the list of ports currently installed.

When called as portdiff, it produces diff(1)-like output, when

called as portorphans it prints a list of ports that are installed

but are not in your list of wanted ports.

To create your list of wanted ports, do something like:

$ portorphans | perl -pe 's/-\d.*$//' > ~/.portdiffrc

then edit the .portdiffrc file to remove the ports you don't want.

My usual port maintenance routine goes something like:

1) portupgrade -a

2) portorphans

   a) If portorphans returns nothing, I'm done

   b) If portorphans' output contains a port I wish to keep,

      I add that to ~/.portdiffrc and goto 2.

   c) If portorphans returns some output, I run

      'portorphans | xargs pkg_delete' and goto 2.

This keeps the list of ports installed on my machine to a minimum.