Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:59:47 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Andre Wensing <andre@wensing.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: INDEX has lower version of ports than installed ones Message-ID: <20081117195947.GA38547@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <4921C5F1.8070906@wensing.org> References: <4921C5F1.8070906@wensing.org>
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On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 08:28:49PM +0100, Andre Wensing wrote: > Does anyone know if INDEX has been updated recently? For some reason > `pkg_version -IvL =` reports me that I've got newer ports than INDEX has: > > server# pkg_version -IvL = > amavisd-new-2.6.1_1,1 > succeeds index (index has 2.6.1,1) > cyrus-sasl-2.1.22_2 > succeeds index (index has 2.1.22_1) > cyrus-sasl-saslauthd-2.1.22_1 > succeeds index (index has 2.1.22) > dcraw-8.88 > succeeds index (index has 8.86) > dirmngr-1.0.2 > succeeds index (index has 1.0.1_2) > dovecot-1.1.3_1 > succeeds index (index has 1.1.3) > mysql-client-5.0.67_1 > succeeds index (index has 5.0.67) > mysql-server-5.0.67_1 > succeeds index (index has 5.0.67) > pcre-7.8 > succeeds index (index has 7.7_1) > postfix-2.5.5,1 > succeeds index (index has 2.5.4,1) > rrdtool-1.3.3 > succeeds index (index has 1.3.1) > squirrelmail-1.4.16 > succeeds index (index has 1.4.15_1) > > > server# uname -a > FreeBSD server.home.local 6.4-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.4-PRERELEASE #6: Wed > Sep 24 06:04:20 CEST 2008 > root@server.home.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > How can this be? The ports-tree has thawed, right (at least, according > to the release-schedule for 6.4)? When you update your ports via csup (not sure about portsnap), the INDEX file **is not** updated. You can either rebuild it yourself (make index), or you can fetch it by doing "make fetchindex". I prefer the latter. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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