more pkg questions ....

[doug]

On Mon, 1 Sep 2014, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:

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> .... This A.M. I tried to update my 9.3 system:
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> [root at kabini1, /etc, 7:57:42am] 513 %  pkg version -vRL=
> Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
> FreeBSD repository is up-to-date.
> All repositories are up-to-date.
> db46-4.6.21.4                      ?   orphaned: databases/db46
> linux-f10-expat-2.0.1              ?   orphaned: textproc/linux-f10-expat
> linux-f10-fontconfig-2.6.0         ?   orphaned: 
> x11-fonts/linux-f10-fontconfig
> linux-f10-xorg-libs-7.4_1          ?   orphaned: x11/linux-f10-xorg-libs
> opera-linuxplugins-12.16           ?   orphaned: www/opera-linuxplugins
> [root at kabini1, /etc, 7:59:17am] 514 %  pkg version -vIL=
> curl-7.37.1_2                      <   needs updating (index has 7.37.1_3)
> dri-7.6.1_4,2                      <   needs updating (index has 9.1.7_4,2)
> gtk2-2.24.22_3                     <   needs updating (index has 2.24.22_4)
> libGL-7.6.1_4                      <   needs updating (index has 9.1.7_1)
> libdrm-2.4.17_1,1                  <   needs updating (index has 2.4.52,1)
> libyaml-0.1.6                      <   needs updating (index has 0.1.6_1)
> pango-1.34.1_6                     <   needs updating (index has 1.34.1_7)
> portmaster-3.17.6                  <   needs updating (index has 3.17.7)
> readline-6.3.6_1                   <   needs updating (index has 6.3.8)
> xf86-video-intel-2.7.1_8           <   needs updating (index has 2.21.15_3)
> xorg-server-1.7.7_13,1             <   needs updating (index has 1.12.4_8,1)
> [root at kabini1, /etc, 7:59:39am] 515 %  pkg audit
> linux-f10-expat-2.0.1 is vulnerable:
> expat2 -- Parser crash with specially formatted UTF-8 sequences
> CVE: CVE-2009-3720
> WWW: http://portaudit.FreeBSD.org/5f030587-e39a-11de-881e-001aa0166822.html
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> 1 problem(s) in the installed packages found.
> [root at kabini1, /etc, 8:04:50am] 516 %  pkg -N
> pkg: 468 packages installed
> [root at kabini1, /etc, 8:08:15am] 517 %  pkg upgrade
> Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
> FreeBSD repository is up-to-date.
> All repositories are up-to-date.
> Checking for upgrades (256 candidates): 100%
> Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
> Your packages are up to date.
> [root at kabini1, /etc, 8:09:34am] 518 %  pkg update
> Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
> FreeBSD repository is up-to-date.
> All repositories are up-to-date.
> [root at kabini1, /etc, 8:09:52am] 519 %
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> i.e. I (think I) told pkg to upgrade whatever needed upgrading, & it did 
> nothing, even though it seems to list a few pkg's needing upgrading .... more 
> noob pilot-error, I'm sure, but any help appreciated :-/ .... TIA ....

Kind of a RTFM issue but I did the same thing and someone took pity on me

pkg update is used for updating the local copy of a repository catalogue
      from each of the package repository databases.

pkg upgrade is used for upgrading packaged software distributions.

pkg help [command] is your friend