pkg thinks kernel is old

[Bengt Ahlgren]

Ronald Klop <ronald-lists at klop.ws> writes:

> Van: Bengt Ahlgren <bengt.ahlgren at ri.se>
> Datum: woensdag, 9 oktober 2019 23:38
> Aan: stable at freebsd.org
> Onderwerp: pkg thinks kernel is old
>>
>> I've ran into this on my 11.3-STABLE system:
>>
>> # uname -K
>> 1103500
>> # pkg update -f
>> Updating ivyp repository catalogue...
>> Fetching meta.txz: 100%    560 B   0.6kB/s    00:01    Fetching
>> packagesite.txz: 100%  410 KiB 419.9kB/s    00:01    Processing
>> entries:   0%
>> Newer FreeBSD version for package zziplib:
>> To ignore this error set IGNORE_OSVERSION=yes
>> - package: 1103000
>> - running kernel: 1102509
>> Ignore the mismatch and continue? [Y/n]:
>>
>> I build my own packages with poudriere, and have just switched from an
>> 11.2-REL to an 11.3-REL jail.  I didn't force-upgrade everything after
>> the switch, perhaps that's needed to make pkg recognise the correct
>> kernel version?
>>
>> Bengt

> This message of pkg is misleading.
>
> It looks at /bin/sh or something like that for the version. And prints
> that as the 'kernel' version. So if you did an incremental build and
> /bin/sh was not changed the version stays the same.
> To fix it you can do a clean buildworld/installworld.
>
> Regards,
> Ronald.

That might well be it - I've done some buildworld:s with -DNO_CLEAN
lately.  I'll test - thanks for the tip!

Bengt