Port comparison failed

[Eric]

Doug Barton wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Eric wrote:
> 
>> Anyone have a way to fix this:
>>
>> <snip portsnap output>
>> Building new INDEX files... done.
>> portconf-1.2                        !   Comparison failed
>> portmaster-1.9                      !   Comparison failed
> 
> Version 1.9 is really old, we're up to version 1.20 now. Are you sure 
> your port tree is up to date?
> 
>> it happens when i run portsnap and then get new ports via:
>>
>> pkg_version -v | grep \<
> 
> I can't think of any reason that wouldn't work, which leads me to 
> believe that you've got bigger "issues" lurking somewhere.
> 
>> i tried uninstalling and then reinstalling the ports above but it 
>> didnt fix the issue.
> 
> I assume that after you reinstalled portmaster that you had version 1.20?
> 
>> I use portmaster to update ports. I do not have any other port 
>> management tool installed.
> 
> Before I wrote the -L feature for portmaster, I used to use 'pkg_version 
> -v -L=' as an alias to find out what needed rebuilding. Assuming you're 
> using version 1.20 of portmaster, you might want to check the man page 
> and try the -L option to see if portmaster can find the problem.
> 
> hth,
> 
> Doug
> 

somehow i had /var/db/pkg entries for 1.9 and 1.20. I deleted the 1.9. 
thanks for the info. things seem to look good now

Eric