System Info Tool

One FreeBSD tool I find invaluable is sysutils/sysinfo. It really is a nice set of scripts that show system details in an easily readable form.
sysinfo -a runs all scripts.

I don't see it mentioned much here and thought I would draw attention to it as it makes for a great troubleshooter.
 
The sysinfo packages script could use a refresh. It is using older pkg_info command.
Would be nice to show pkg -leaf instead of pkg info
 
Dear Phishfry,
the port looks interesting. In my opinion the changes would be
  1. replace the old pkg commands with the new ones
  2. add svnlite as a tool to upgrade the ports tree
  3. replace portaudit by pkg audit
I am not sure if ports-mgmt/jailaudit should be mentioned. If not I could propose a PR and patch.
 
Pretty awesome. I was messing with the sysinfo packages script just to see what I could do.
His script gets a list of packages and shows the total number and then shows version and the number of packages that are out of date. A little more complicated than I had imagined.
 
Hi guys, I am a bit surprised that someone is still using my tool that I created as a little school project :) I suggest to chrbr to publish his patch (it looks OK from a quick glance) that he sent to me here until I find time and determination to update the port itself :)
 
Dear danger@,
thank you for the reply. The good old times never end. Below is the patch to be stored as /usr/ports/sysutils/sysinfo/files/patch-modules_packages
Code:
/usr/ports/sysutils/sysinfo/files # cat patch-modules_packages
--- modules/packages.orig       2009-05-21 17:13:53 UTC
+++ modules/packages
@@ -7,32 +7,28 @@ APPDIR=${APPDIR:-..}

 sect "Packages information";

-NUMP=`pkg_info | wc -l | awk '{print $1}'`
-OUTD=`pkg_version -Iv | grep -c "needs updating"`
+NUMP=`pkg info | wc -l | awk '{print $1}'`
+OUTD=`pkg version -Iv | grep -c "needs updating"`

 echo -e "There are $NUMP packages installed in the system and $OUTD of them needs updating."
 echo -e "${C_BOLD_S}Note that this number may be inaccurate, as your ports tree may be outdated too.${C_BOLD_E}\n"

 if is_verbose 1; then
-       pkg_info
+       pkg info
        echo
 else
-       info "Run pkg_info(1) to see a full list of installed packages."
+       info "Run pkg info(1) to see a full list of installed packages."
 fi

-info "Use pkg_version(1) to inspect what packages are outdated."
-info "Use the portsnap(8) or csup(1) tool to update your ports tree."
+info "Use pkg version(1) to inspect what packages are outdated."
+info "Use the portsnap(8), svnlite(1) or csup(1) tool to update your ports tree."

 echo

-if which -s portaudit; then
-       subsect "Packages with known security vulnerabilities:"
-       portaudit -a
-       echo -e "\n${C_BOLD_S}Note that this information may be inaccurate, \
-as the portaudit(1) database may be outdated.${C_BOLD_E}\n"
-else
-       warn "You should install the portaudit(1) tool in order to get information \
-about known security vulnerabilities in your packages."
-fi
+subsect "Packages with known security vulnerabilities:"
+pkg audit
+echo -e "\n${C_BOLD_S}Note that this information may be inaccurate, \
+as the database may be outdated. Run pkg audit -F to update the database before the audit.${C_BOLD_E}\n"
+warn "Jails are not checked."

 exit 0
Edit: Copy and paste might have distorted the file. The lines with -, + and @ start at the first column of the line. All others including empty lines have a leading space. If anyone want to try the patch and can not make it work please let me know. Then email might be a better way for distribution.
Edit: A checksum for verification is as below
Code:
# sha256 patch-modules_packages
SHA256 (patch-modules_packages) = c5d929fe13d3e9787fe29f4fd83485c26ce4406df628f7e4b389c74de2176102
 
I grew up on MS-DOS and found the program Check-It a great tool. This was back in the day of I/O cards for serial and parallel ports where you had to set the I/O cards jumpers for an available base address. I would like to see a similar utility for FreeBSD. The sysinfo script does combine machine information in a very usable fashion. Sure would make a nice a ncurses program.

http://www.danielsays.com/ss-gallery-dos-check-it-201.html
 
Hi guys, I am a bit surprised that someone is still using my tool that I created as a little school project :) I suggest to chrbr to publish his patch (it looks OK from a quick glance) that he sent to me here until I find time and determination to update the port itself :)
But it is still a very useful tool. You should keep on maintaining it. :)
 
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