Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 06:29:14 -0800 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Don Read <dread@texas.net> Cc: Martti Kuparinen <martti.kuparinen@nomadiclab.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Different output from pkg_version Message-ID: <200103051429.f25ETMZ09066@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 04 Mar 2001 16:02:38 CST." <XFMail.010304160238.dread@texas.net>
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In message <XFMail.010304160238.dread@texas.net>, Don Read writes: > > On 04-Mar-01 Martti Kuparinen wrote: > > Hi! > > > > Does anyone know a reason for the difference in the following outputs: > > > <snip> > > ROOT ws3:~> pkg_version -v | grep bash > > bash-2.04 = up-to-date with port > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > <snipagain> > > > ROOT server:~> pkg_version -v | grep bash > > bash-2.04 * multiple versions (index has 1.14.7,2.04) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > pkg_version is telling you that the INDEX does not match exactly what's > installed. > > If you want out of date ports, use pkg_version -vl"<" Not entirely true. pkg_version -vl"*" also tells you that because there are multiple versions in the INDEX, it is confused, e.g. it doesn't know which version of the port in the INDEX to compare the installed version number with, and that you need to manually verify that the listed ports are up to date. You need to have pkg_version check for both "<" and "*". Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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