From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 10 18:22:12 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19A3616A407 for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:22:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from robert@interactive.co.uk) Received: from auk.3lg.org (iiltd.demon.co.uk [80.177.127.245]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95D9713C4A3 for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:22:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from robert@interactive.co.uk) Received: from auk.3lg.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by auk.3lg.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l1AIM9RA060184; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:22:09 GMT (envelope-from robert@interactive.co.uk) Received: (from robert@localhost) by auk.3lg.org (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id l1AIM8pJ060181; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:22:08 GMT (envelope-from robert@interactive.co.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: auk.3lg.org: robert set sender to robert@interactive.co.uk using -f From: Robert Inder Phone: 07808 492 213 Organisation: Interactive Information Limited, Edinburgh To: Matthew Seaman References: <45CDBB45.3000906@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: 10 Feb 2007 18:22:07 +0000 In-Reply-To: <45CDBB45.3000906@infracaninophile.co.uk> Message-ID: Lines: 49 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portsnap and port versions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:22:12 -0000 I asked for help because I was getting an out-of-date version of portupgrade --- 2.1.3 instead of 2.2.2 --- even though I had usedn portsnap. >>>>> Matthew Seaman writes: > Subject: Re: Portsnap and port versions : : > To see if your index is out of date, compare the output of: > cd /usr/ports > make search name=portindex > with > cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade > make -V PKGNAME BINGO!!! I was installing sysutils/portupgrade. I knew that portupgrade was in sysutils, so I went straight to it and used it... It didn't occur to me that there might be ANOTHER sysutils somewhere else in the ports tree. But there was, and the one in ports-mgmt had been updated by portsnap, so when I installed in THERE... > Then use portupgrade as usual to upgrade whatever else you want to. Yup! > Cheers, > Matthew Thanks very much indeed! Robert. -- Robert Inder Tel: 0131 229 1052 Interactive Information Ltd, Director Mobile: 07808 492 213 3, Lauriston Gardens, Edinburgh EH3 9HH Interactions speak louder than words SCOTLAND UK