OS version upgrade detected. Running "pkg-static install -f pkg" recommended

[Chris H]

On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 16:49:37 +0200 "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs at berklix.com> wrote

> Hi ports@
> With:
>   uname -a
>     FreeBSD lapr.js.berklix.net 12.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT \
>     #1 r302560M: Wed Jul 13 01:28:27 CEST 2016 \
>     jhs at lapr.js.berklix.net:/usr/src/sys/amd64/compile/LAPR.small amd64
> 
>   cd /usr/ports; svn up
>     Updating '.':
>     At revision 418418
> 
>   make fetch
>     pkg-static: Warning: Major OS version upgrade detected.  \
>     Running "pkg-static install -f pkg" recommended
> 
> This is an incomplete thus bad reccomendation, based on a false
> assumption all users of ports/ only want packages. It's quite obvious
> from "make fetch" that here one wants to fetch distfiles to recompile,
> not install binary packages, the warning should at least also provide
> an alternate recipe for ports/ source based users who want to
> recompile whatever to get rid of warning.
> 
> What causes the warning ? a grep of Mk/* doesnt show it, 
> It's presumably coming from Mk/ calling some pkg ?
> In /usr/src/usr.sbin/pkg ? I fail to grep for Major
> 
> What text can we add to which Mk/* to state the source upgrade route ?
> 
> Cheers,
> Julian
> -- 
It *should* read:
     pkg-static: Warning: Major OS version upgrade detected.  \
     Running "pkg-static install -f pkg" recommended \
     or run "pkg-static delete -f pkg" to remove this message.

Sorry. Couldn't resist. In all honesty Julian, I too had the
same reaction/ understanding as you, when I saw it. Took me a bit
before it dawned on me what it was *actually* trying to tell me. :P

--Chris