Why there are so many binary packages missing?

[RW]

On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:47:35 -0800
Yuri <yuri at rawbw.com> wrote:

> I am seeing this for a long time. If I use 'portupgrade
> -aPP' (packages only) there is a very large percentage of packages
> missing. Upgrading becomes many times faster when binary packages
> available are available.

Presumably it's due to version mismatches. If you are using release
packages then  portupgrade -aPP only works well with the ports tree
snapshot on the install disk. If you are using STABLE packages then
there's a lag  between the port and the packages, the more frequently
you update the less likely you are to get matching packages.