pkg upgrade question

[William A. Mahaffey III]

On 01/04/15 01:36, Leslie Jensen wrote:
>
> If I do
>
> portsnap fetch update
> pkg version -vIL=
>
> I'll get the result below for ports that needs to be upgraded
>
> Building new INDEX files... done.
> cups-client-1.7.3_2                <   needs updating (index has 1.7.3_3)
> gnutls-3.2.19_1                    <   needs updating (index has 3.2.21)
> libgcrypt-1.6.1_5                  <   needs updating (index has 1.6.2)
> noip-2.1.9_2                       <   needs updating (index has 2.1.9_3)
> pkg-1.4.3                          <   needs updating (index has 1.4.4)
> squidview-0.80                     <   needs updating (index has 0.81)
>
> If I do
> pkg version
>
> I'll see the same packages marked with a <
>
> Then I do
> pkg upgrade
>
>
> Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
> FreeBSD repository is up-to-date.
> All repositories are up-to-date.
> Checking for upgrades (1 candidates): 100%
> Processing candidates (1 candidates): 100%
> Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
> Your packages are up to date.
>
> And it says that all packages are up to date!
>
> Is it because no packages are available for those ports at the moment?
>
> I'm a bit confused.
>
> Thanks
>
> /Leslie
>
>
>
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I have noticed similar behavior. I have also noticed that if you do the 
'pkg version -vIL= ' *before* any portsnap or portmaster, it works as 
expected. I usually do just that, any package upgrades, followed by a 
portsnap to refresh the ports. I *only* use pkg by default for my 
package maintenance, however I do have flash support on board for Opera 
& Firefox, which necessitates some ports upgrades as well (flash support 
is *only* available as a port, not a pkg). I am on FreeBSD 
9.3-RELEASE-p5, BTW, w/ all packages upgraded last week. HTH & happy new 
year ....

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