pkg_version reporting wrong values

Richard Collyer richard at firebadger.net
Tue Dec 26 16:15:42 PST 2006


Richard Collyer wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> When i do pkg_version -v it reports the wrong values.
> 
> e.g. glib-2.10.3     <   needs updating (port has 2.12.6)
> 
> Now the versions are correct but if I upgrade that port it still thinks 
> that 2.10.3 is installed
> 
> The last line of the install text
> 
> ===>   Registering installation for glib-2.12.6
> 
> I've done some googling and portupgrade -f seems to come up but I'm not 
> 100% sure what this does
> 
> 
> Is there a command to rebuild the database to the correct version?

Ok. I'm stupid.

Don't run pkg_version -v | grep "<" as you cant see when 2 versions have 
been installed

Cheers
Richard


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