Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:44:30 -0500 From: Eric <eric@mikestammer.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port comparison failed Message-ID: <46F305DE.8040407@mikestammer.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0709201522520.1740@qbhto.arg> References: <46F1ABAA.9080704@mikestammer.com> <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0709201522520.1740@qbhto.arg>
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Doug Barton wrote: > On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Eric wrote: > >> Anyone have a way to fix this: >> >> <snip portsnap output> >> Building new INDEX files... done. >> portconf-1.2 ! Comparison failed >> portmaster-1.9 ! Comparison failed > > Version 1.9 is really old, we're up to version 1.20 now. Are you sure > your port tree is up to date? > >> it happens when i run portsnap and then get new ports via: >> >> pkg_version -v | grep \< > > I can't think of any reason that wouldn't work, which leads me to > believe that you've got bigger "issues" lurking somewhere. > >> i tried uninstalling and then reinstalling the ports above but it >> didnt fix the issue. > > I assume that after you reinstalled portmaster that you had version 1.20? > >> I use portmaster to update ports. I do not have any other port >> management tool installed. > > Before I wrote the -L feature for portmaster, I used to use 'pkg_version > -v -L=' as an alias to find out what needed rebuilding. Assuming you're > using version 1.20 of portmaster, you might want to check the man page > and try the -L option to see if portmaster can find the problem. > > hth, > > Doug > somehow i had /var/db/pkg entries for 1.9 and 1.20. I deleted the 1.9. thanks for the info. things seem to look good now Eric
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