Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 00:36:05 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: "S. Roberts" <sroberts@dsl.pipex.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: pkg_version -v returns: succeeds port for pdksh-5.2.14 Message-ID: <20020515223605.GA23652@student.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <1021501417.41001.38.camel@Demon.Strobe.org> References: <1021497989.41001.27.camel@Demon.Strobe.org> <20020515222341.GA23483@student.uu.se> <1021501417.41001.38.camel@Demon.Strobe.org>
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On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 11:23:36PM +0100, S. Roberts wrote: > Hey Erik, > Thanks for the quick feedback. I was beginning to worry about having > to re-run something or the other. > > So following on from "not worrying about this", does this anomaly get > sorted out by itself at some point? Meaning.., should I be thinking of > contacting the port maintainer so as to alert them to this ocurence? It gets sorted out when the version number of the pdksh port is bumped to something which pkg_version considers as newer than 5.2.14 (5.2.14p2 could be a good new version number.) If he is not already aware of this, then contacting the port maintainer might be a good idea, yes. (I saw a report about this on the freebsd-ports list before, so the maintainer might already be aware of this.) > > Just meaning to help 'em out in any way I can for now. > > Stacey > > On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 23:23, Erik Trulsson wrote: > > On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 10:26:29PM +0100, S. Roberts wrote: > > > Hi There, > > > Strange one here for me. > > > > > > I've just cvsup'd my ports tree and then ran pkg_version -v and got this > > > for one of my installed ports: > > > > > > pdksh-5.2.14 > succeeds port (port has 5.2.14.p2) > > > > > > Never seen that before! Could someone who know more about this give an > > > explanation, please? Man pkg_version says this about that string result: > > > > > > > The installed version of the package is newer than the current > > > version.This situation can arise with an out-of-date index file, or > > > when testing new ports. > > > > > > Taking both explanations for this case: > > > 1] I always run portsdb -Uu after cvsup'ing the ports tree, I wouldn't > > > have thought that my Index file was out-of-date. > > > 2] Not sure about the "testing nrew ports" either, I'm not (oknowingly) > > > actively testing new ports. > > > > > > Suggestions? > > > > Nothing to worry about. > > > > The problem is simply that the version number for the newest version of > > the pdksh port (5.2.14.p2) is counted as "older" than the old version > > number (5.2.14) by pkg_version. > > > > So the bug is in the version number given to the latest update of the > > pdksh port and not in anything you did. > > > > > > > > -- > > <Insert your favourite quote here.> > > Erik Trulsson > > ertr1013@student.uu.se > -- > Stacey Roberts B.Sc. (HONS) Computer Science > Network Systems Engineer -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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