Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:02:46 -0700 From: Arthur Barlow <arthurbarlow@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: old automake removal Message-ID: <AANLkTik2gGE1HrnsJ8HOzQGUPu_QuOzmnyXqBGhvfHfi@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010161311560.92437@wonkity.com> References: <AANLkTi=PoUt_p3V9duc5DSx=842F1aWqkH=NfB%2Bi-%2BWW@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010161311560.92437@wonkity.com>
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On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Sat, 16 Oct 2010, Arthur Barlow wrote: > > Recently I did my usual ports upgrade by using portsnap . The >> "pkg_version" >> program shows that "automake-1.9" and "automake-1.10" and no longer >> current, >> but for some reason the message "comparison failed" shows up when I check >> the ports versions. I've tried "pkgdb -u" to update the database, but I >> still get this message each time I run pkg_version. I've also done the >> "portsclean -DD" program, but the warning is still there. How do I clean >> this up? >> > > "Comparison failed" means you have an installed port that no longer exists > in the ports tree. There's no way to compare the installed version to the > (nonexistent) ports tree version. > > It's harmless, but you can use pkg_delete(1) to remove those obsolete > installed automake ports. > That did work. I assumed that since the package was gone it wouldn't show up, but it was still in the system.
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