why does pkg try to install an older version of pkg ?

Christoph Moench-Tegeder cmt at burggraben.net
Sat Jul 4 12:30:32 UTC 2020


## Kurt Jaeger (pi at opsec.eu):

> pkg upgrade -f pkg
> Updating ... repository catalogue...
> ... repository is up to date.
> All repositories are up to date.

So what repo is that and what does it offer?

> Installed packages to be DOWNGRADED:
>         pkg: 1.14.6 -> 1.10.5_1
> 
> Why does pkg insist on downgrading pkg ? How can this be fixed ?

You are forcing "reinstallation or upgrade" (pkg-upgrade(8)) and
if you have a stale repo which only offers that old pkg (is that
perchance a 11.1 repo?)... that's what you get.

Regards,
Christoph

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