On 2020-11-04, Chris Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 02, 2020 at 07:03:27AM -0500, Jeremy O'Brien wrote: >> Hey misc, >> >> I'm trying to understand the various scenarios that can trigger a package >> update in 'pkg_add -u'. I thought package updates were triggered only >> through explicit version bumps, or signature changes. I'm seeing that that >> isn't always the case however, as shown here: >> >> >> x1$ pkg_info -S colord ../colord/colord-1.3.5p2.tgz >> Information for inst:colord-1.3.5p2 >> >> Signature: >> colord-1.3.5p2,6,@consolekit2-1.2.1p9,@dbus-daemon-launch-helper-1.12.20,@dconf-0.36.0p0,@glib2-2.64.6,@lcms2-2.9p0,@polkit-0.118,@sqlite3-3.31.1p0,c.96.0,ffi.1.2,gio-2.0.4200.11,glib-2.0.4201.4,gmodule-2.0.4200.11,gobject-2.0.4200.11,gthread-2.0.4200.11,iconv.7.0,intl.7.0,lcms2.1.2,m.10.1,pcre.3.0,polkit-gobject-1.2.0,pthread.26.1,sqlite3.37.10,z.5.0 >> >> Information for file:../colord/colord-1.3.5p2.tgz >> >> Signature: >> colord-1.3.5p2,6,@consolekit2-1.2.1p9,@dbus-daemon-launch-helper-1.12.20,@dconf-0.36.0p0,@glib2-2.64.6,@lcms2-2.9p0,@polkit-0.118,@sqlite3-3.31.1p0,c.96.0,ffi.1.2,gio-2.0.4200.11,glib-2.0.4201.4,gmodule-2.0.4200.11,gobject-2.0.4200.11,gthread-2.0.4200.11,iconv.7.0,intl.7.0,lcms2.1.2,m.10.1,pcre.3.0,polkit-gobject-1.2.0,pthread.26.1,sqlite3.37.10,z.5.0 >> >> x1$ pkg_add -un colord >> quirks-3.471 signed on 2020-10-31T22:51:51Z >> colord-1.3.5p2->1.3.5p2: ok >> Running tags: ok >> --- -colord-1.3.5p2 ------------------- >> You should also run rm -f /var/db/colord/mapping.db >> You should also run rm -f /var/db/colord/storage.db >> >> >> In the above example, I've downloaded the colord tarball from my chosen >> mirror, and compared its signature to my currently installed version. The >> signatures and version match exactly, however pkg_add still updates the >> package. Does anyone know what scenario is triggering this update?
The current package on mirrors has changed since your downloaded file (at least glib2 was updated) so maybe it's just because you're looking at an old file. pkg_add -vv might give some clues. > Easy answer. System libraries that these packages were built with have > changed. Those are listed in the signature, see the entries for c/m/pthread/z, no difference in the lines pasted.
