From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 20 22:38:36 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8112716A46C for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:38:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx22.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2766413C480 for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:38:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 32270 invoked by uid 399); 20 Sep 2007 22:38:35 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO slave.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTP; 20 Sep 2007 22:38:35 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:38:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Eric In-Reply-To: <46F1ABAA.9080704@mikestammer.com> Message-ID: References: <46F1ABAA.9080704@mikestammer.com> X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! X-OpenPGP-Key-ID: 0xD5B2F0FB Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port comparison failed X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:38:36 -0000 On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Eric wrote: > Anyone have a way to fix this: > > > 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 -- This .signature sanitized for your protection