It looks like portupgrade disagrees with pkg_version -t on version comparing: % pkg_version -t 1.4.0.a3_1 1.4 < % portversion -t 1.4.0.a3_1 1.4 > and I guess pkg_version is right and portversion should be fixed. Or portupgrade should run pkg_version for version comparing (it's seems to be a quick and right way to fix). -- Sem.