Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 09:48:09 -0800 From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Matt White <mjw@crypt-net.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pkg_version problem starting with 1.21 Message-ID: <200201041748.g04HmA203514@bmah.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <35707013.1009668687@indigo.crypt-net.org> References: <35707013.1009668687@indigo.crypt-net.org>
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If memory serves me right, Matt White wrote: > Since my last -stable build, I've been having problems with pkg_version > returning all of my packages as orphaned. Taking a look at the script, it > appears to be now checking for port directories in /usr/ports. This > doesn't work at all because I have no /usr/ports but instead to install > binary packages on that machine. > > Looking at the CVS log, this change was apparently introduced in version > 1.21 and then MFCed. I've personally reverted this file on my system, > which corrected the problem. Hmmm. What do you want it to do in this case? "orphaned", to me, is the right thing to print. You don't have a ports tree, and therefore (most likely) no INDEX file. The most that pkg_version can do for you is to print out the version numbers of the installed packages, which it does. Bruce. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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