Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 23:12:18 -0500 From: Sindrome <sindrome@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org>, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Subject: Re: pkgng vs. portupgrade reporting ports outdated Message-ID: <183E5BDE-0532-4C02-9E60-ED77F2E97A24@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1404042203030.42752@wonkity.com> References: <533F36F0.8020803@rcn.com> <000601cf505e$d3b6bc70$7b243550$@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1404042016530.42337@wonkity.com> <001501cf5083$8dc109d0$a9431d70$@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1404042203030.42752@wonkity.com>
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Okay so just 'pkg update' followed by 'pkg upgrade' after svn update? > On Apr 4, 2014, at 11:09 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: >=20 >> On Fri, 4 Apr 2014, sindrome wrote: >> From: Warren Block [mailto:wblock@wonkity.com] >> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 9:23 PM >> To: sindrome >> Cc: 'Robert Huff'; ports@freebsd.org >> Subject: RE: pkgng vs. portupgrade reporting ports outdated >>=20 >>> On Fri, 4 Apr 2014, sindrome wrote: >>>=20 >>> There is a major inconsistency with what pkg_version -v says is >>> outdated and what pkgng says. >>=20 >> Of course. pkg_version looks at the text files in /var/db/pkg, while pkg= >> looks at the database local.sqlite in that directory. The first step in >> using pkg is running pkg2ng, which imports the old information from the t= ext >> files into the sqlite table. After that, pkg_version should not be used.= >> It's getting information from an outdated database. >>=20 >>=20 >> So now the way to keep ports up-to-date is to execute 'pkg update' and 'p= kg >> upgrade'? >>=20 >> Are you saying I shouldn't svn update the ports tree anymore? >=20 > No, I did not say that. >=20 > By switching from the old pkg_* tools to pkg, all you have done is changed= which database is being used to track what is installed. Nothing else needs= to change.
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