pkg upgrade does not?

[James B. Byrne]

# pkg update
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.

# pkg upgrade
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
Checking for upgrades (169 candidates): 100%
Processing candidates (169 candidates): 100%
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
Your packages are up to date.

But evidently "Your packages are up to date." is not a factual statement:


# pkg version -vIL=
atk-2.18.0                         <   needs updating (index has 2.24.0)
bind911-9.11.0P5_1                 >   succeeds index (index has
9.11.0P3)
ca_root_nss-3.30.1                 >   succeeds index (index has 3.30)
dbus-1.10.14_2                     <   needs updating (index has 1.10.16)
dbus-glib-0.104                    <   needs updating (index has 0.108)
desktop-file-utils-0.22_4          <   needs updating (index has 0.23)
glib-2.46.2_5                      <   needs updating (index has
2.50.2,1)
gobject-introspection-1.46.0       <   needs updating (index has
1.50.0,1)
gtk2-2.24.29_3                     <   needs updating (index has 2.24.31)
libedit-3.1.20150325_2,1           <   needs updating (index has
3.1.20170329_2,1)
llvm37-3.7.1_5                     ?   orphaned: devel/llvm37
mysql56-client-5.6.35_3            <   needs updating (index has
5.6.35_4)
pango-1.38.0_1                     <   needs updating (index has 1.40.4)
perl5-5.24.1                       <   needs updating (index has
5.24.1_1)
shared-mime-info-1.5               <   needs updating (index has 1.8)
vim-8.0.0507                       <   needs updating (index has
8.0.0534)
wget-1.19                          <   needs updating (index has 1.19.1)

What is happening here?

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