---
name: "outdated-perl-ports"
section: "1"
platform: "openbsd"
package: "man"
version: "8.0-current-20261101"
release: "OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01)"
platforms: ["openbsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/outdated-perl-ports"
---

# outdated-perl-ports(1)

compare CPAN releases and the ports tree

## NAME

**outdated-perl-ports** – compare CPAN releases and the ports tree

## SYNOPSIS

**outdated-perl-ports** \[**-d**\] \[**-m** *maintainer*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**outdated-perl-ports** retrieves and compares the packages list provided by CPAN with the ports recorded in *${LOCALBASE}/share/ports-INDEX* and reports which ports have a newer version available upstream. Note that the portslist package must be installed.

Options are as follows:

- **-d**

  Causes **outdated-perl-ports** to show the path (relative to ${PORTSDIR}) for the outdated port.

- **-m** *maintainer*

  Only display ports that are being maintained by *maintainer*. This can be specified as name or e-mail address.