Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 22:50:06 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Sindrome <sindrome@gmail.com> Cc: "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org>, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Subject: Re: pkgng vs. portupgrade reporting ports outdated Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1404042243120.42963@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <183E5BDE-0532-4C02-9E60-ED77F2E97A24@gmail.com> References: <533F36F0.8020803@rcn.com> <000601cf505e$d3b6bc70$7b243550$@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1404042016530.42337@wonkity.com> <001501cf5083$8dc109d0$a9431d70$@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1404042203030.42752@wonkity.com> <183E5BDE-0532-4C02-9E60-ED77F2E97A24@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 4 Apr 2014, Sindrome wrote: >> On Apr 4, 2014, at 11:09 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: >>> On Fri, 4 Apr 2014, sindrome wrote: >>> From: Warren Block [mailto:wblock@wonkity.com] >>>> On Fri, 4 Apr 2014, sindrome wrote: >>>> >>>> There is a major inconsistency with what pkg_version -v says is >>>> outdated and what pkgng says. >>> >>> 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 text >>> files into the sqlite table. After that, pkg_version should not be used. >>> It's getting information from an outdated database. >>> >>> >>> So now the way to keep ports up-to-date is to execute 'pkg update' and 'pkg >>> upgrade'? >>> >>> Are you saying I shouldn't svn update the ports tree anymore? >> >> No, I did not say that. >> >> 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. > Okay so just 'pkg update' followed by 'pkg upgrade' after svn update? [Please stop top-posting, it makes replying to your messages more difficult.] No. If you want to use ports (I do), use ports. pkg will keep track of them. Commands like pkg info replace the old versions of those commands, like pkg_info. pkg update or pkg upgrade are only used when the user wants to use binary packages instead of ports.
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