portupgrade, packages, and same versions

[Kris Kennaway]

On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 12:01:50PM -0800, David Syphers wrote:
> I just upgraded to 5-STABLE from an older version of 5, and wanted to rebuild 
> all my ports because of the ABI compatability breakage just before 5-RELEASE. 
> I ran across behavior in portupgrade that I don't understand - if I force an 
> upgrade because I already have the same version installed, portupgrade 
> refuses to use packages. e.g.
> 
> --->  Found a package of 'net/cvsup-without-gui': cvsup-without-gui-16.1h.tbz 
> (cvsup-without-gui-16.1h)
> --->  Located a package version 16.1h (cvsup-without-gui-16.1h.tbz)
> ** Ignoring the package, which is the same version as is installed (16.1h)
> ** No package available: net/cvsup-without-gui
> 
> What on earth is wrong with portupgrade, and is there any way of convincing it 
> to use packages in this case? If I run 'portupgrade -rafP' it will merrily  
> upgrade via ports when forcing an upgrade, so why not packages?

What command-line are you using?

Kris
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