Fedor Dikarev wrote:
By this command I've just explained that this port has version 1.3.8 but in INDEX-7 vesion differ -- it's 1.3.7. So INDEX file is built on old ports tree or there was some bug during building process.
It's just an old INDEX-7 file -- as I recall, they are meant to be updated
something like hourly, but on occasion there will be a problem and the INDEX
files available for download may not be updated for an indefinite period, until
the INDEX can be built cleanly again.
Now, there are several things you can do about this:
* Ignore it. Having a 100% accurate INDEX file is nice, but not an
absolute necessity. Most ports management software will be forgiving
of the odd irregularity. Even if it means package 'foo' doesn't get
updated today when it could have been, it would almost certainly get
updated tomorrow or next week. It all works itself out in time.
* Use ports management software that doesn't rely on the presence of the
INDEX at all. viz: portmaster(1). As I said, most ports management
software is fairly forgiving of irregularities in the INDEX, but this
program goes beyond that entirely and compares the database of installed
ports under /var/db/pkg/ directly with what is in the ports tree.
* Build your own. You can just type 'make index' in /usr/ports. Then go
away and have a nice cup of tea. Then have another one. And some biscuits.
It might have finished building by now... Building your own INDEX usually
works pretty well, but it does take quite a while every time you have to
do it. It does get you an INDEX that reflects local settings you made in
/etc/make.conf or in OPTIONS dialogues, which is nice. If I might be
permitted to tootle my own trumpet a bit, there is
ports-mgmt/p5-FreeBSD-Portindex that I wrote, which can cut down the time
it takes to routinely build your own index by only reprocessing the bits
of the ports tree that have had updates since the previous time you built an
INDEX.
Cheers,
Matthew
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