Robert Inder wrote: > This morning, I tried "portsnap fetch" and "portsnap upgrade"... > > Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 2 mirrors found. > Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap1.FreeBSD.org... done. > > But although it reported 3 metadata patches and 91 patches, it didn't > change the "portupgrade" port: it is still 2.1.3.3.
Is your ports INDEX file up to date? I believe portsnap should provide you with an updated INDEX automatically, or you can use 'make fetchindex' to grab something recently built or (blowing my own trumpet here) there's the ports-mgmt/p5-FreeBSD-Portindex port if you'ld like to build your own. To see if your index is out of date, compare the output of: cd /usr/ports make search name=portindex with cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade make -V PKGNAME The latst version (as of this morning) is portupgrade-2.2.2_4,2 Also note that the bug you encountered with portupgrade saying: "missing key: categories: Cannot read the portsdb!" was compounded by moving the portupgrade port from sysutils/portupgrade to ports-mgmt/portupgrade. That has caused some confusion to various tools. The fix is fairly simple: # pkgdb -F # pkg_delete portupgrade-\* # cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade # make install Then use portupgrade as usual to upgrade whatever else you want to. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW
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