pkg_version confused by architecutre in package name

Brooks Davis brooks at one-eyed-alien.net
Fri Jul 7 01:48:47 UTC 2006


On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 06:04:37PM +0200, [LoN]Kamikaze wrote:
> 
> Brooks Davis wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 11:01:43AM +0200, [LoN]Kamikaze wrote:
> >> 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.
> >>>
> >> So who is at fault? The ports infrastructure or the FreeBSD foundation?
> > 
> > I don't know.  How did you install it?
> 
> # pkg_add diablo-jdk-freebsd6.i386.1.5.0.07.00.tbz

It definitly installs correctly if you use the port instead of the
package.  It looks like the package is incorrect.

-- Brooks

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