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Date:      Fri, 4 Apr 2014 23:12:18 -0500
From:      Sindrome <sindrome@gmail.com>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
Cc:        "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org>, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
Subject:   Re: pkgng vs. portupgrade reporting ports outdated
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Okay so just 'pkg update' followed by 'pkg upgrade' after svn update?


> On Apr 4, 2014, at 11:09 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
>=20
>> On Fri, 4 Apr 2014, sindrome wrote:
>> From: Warren Block [mailto:wblock@wonkity.com]
>> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 9:23 PM
>> To: sindrome
>> Cc: 'Robert Huff'; ports@freebsd.org
>> Subject: RE: pkgng vs. portupgrade reporting ports outdated
>>=20
>>> On Fri, 4 Apr 2014, sindrome wrote:
>>>=20
>>> There is a major inconsistency with what pkg_version -v says is
>>> outdated and what pkgng says.
>>=20
>> Of course.  pkg_version looks at the text files in /var/db/pkg, while pkg=

>> looks at the database local.sqlite in that directory.  The first step in
>> using pkg is running pkg2ng, which imports the old information from the t=
ext
>> files into the sqlite table.  After that, pkg_version should not be used.=

>> It's getting information from an outdated database.
>>=20
>>=20
>> So now the way to keep ports up-to-date is to execute 'pkg update' and 'p=
kg
>> upgrade'?
>>=20
>> Are you saying I shouldn't svn update the ports tree anymore?
>=20
> No, I did not say that.
>=20
> By switching from the old pkg_* tools to pkg, all you have done is changed=
 which database is being used to track what is installed. Nothing else needs=
 to change.



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