ports tree out've sync

RW fbsd06 at mlists.homeunix.com
Tue Aug 14 17:44:40 PDT 2007


On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:08:52 +0200
gareth <bsd at lordcow.org> wrote:

> hey guys, i can't see a similar question recently so i wonder if
> i've done something wrong? i've noticed for about 2 weeks that
> things seem to be out've sync:
> 
> if i do a cvsup with either host=cvsup.FreeBSD.org or
> cvsup2.FreeBSD.org and then a portsdb (even after
> removing /usr/ports/INDEX-6*)
> 
> 'portversion -l ">"' returns 32 packages?
> 
> ('portversion -l "<"' returns nothing)
> 
> 
> similarly for portaudit:
> 
> # portaudit -F
> auditfile.tbz                                 100% of   43 kB 1016
> kBps portaudit: Database too old.
> Old database restored.
> portaudit: Download failed.
>

Given that no-one else is complaining, and it's a single url, the most
likely explanation for "Database too old" is that your system clock is
set to the wrong date.


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