I've noticed lately a lot of "succeeds port" messages when I run portversion (from the portupgrade port) to list which of my packages are out of date and require updating. These messages are incorrect (i.e., the "port has" version identified by portversion is older than that in the actual port Makefile), and I don't get incorrect identifications from either pkg_version or portmanager. (I also don't get this problem on a RELENG_6 system I have, either.) After a little looking, I discovered that my /usr/ports/INDEX-7 file is not being updated. Investigation of the portsnap source reveals that it only actually generates INDEX, INDEX-5, and INDEX-6 from portsnap updates in extract_indices(); it doesn't generate INDEX-7. So, is /usr/sbin/portsnap currently supported on CURRENT? It appears to keep /usr/ports up to date, just not the index file. For now, I've switched to using sysutils/portmanager from ports for upgrading ports, but I'm not entirely happy with that for a variety of reasons. Plus, some /usr/ports/UPDATING instructions advocate using portupgrade explicitly, so it would be nice to have portupgrade working fully. :-) This is the version of portsnap I'm using: $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/portsnap/portsnap/portsnap.sh,v 1.14 2006/01/22 23:48:0 7 cperciva Exp $ My version of CURRENT is FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #0: Thu Feb 9 10:59:56 EST 2006. Cheers, Paul. -- e-mail: paul_at_gromit.dlib.vt.edu "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid." --- Frank Vincent ZappaReceived on Fri Feb 10 2006 - 20:43:42 UTC
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