pkg_version confused by architecutre in package name

[LoN]Kamikaze LoN_Kamikaze at gmx.de
Thu Jul 6 09:02:09 UTC 2006


Brooks Davis wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 02:45:45AM +0200, [LoN]Kamikaze wrote:
>> I normally run the command
>> #  pkg_version -Iv | grep \<
>> before running 'portupgrade -a', to see what's going to happen. This time I got the following output:
>>
>> diablo-jdk-freebsd6.i386.1.5.0.07.00  <   needs updating (index has 1.5.0.07.00)
>>
>> It seems that the tool is confused by the i386 in the package name.
> 
> Actually I think it's confused by the fact that the package name is
> "diablo-jdk" and the version is "freebsd6.i386.1.5.0.07.00".  That's
> just plain bogus.
> 
> -- Brooks
> 

So who is at fault? The ports infrastructure or the FreeBSD foundation?


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