On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Warren Block <wbl...@wonkity.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Oct 2010, Arthur Barlow wrote: > > Recently I did my usual ports upgrade by using portsnap . The >> "pkg_version" >> program shows that "automake-1.9" and "automake-1.10" and no longer >> current, >> but for some reason the message "comparison failed" shows up when I check >> the ports versions. I've tried "pkgdb -u" to update the database, but I >> still get this message each time I run pkg_version. I've also done the >> "portsclean -DD" program, but the warning is still there. How do I clean >> this up? >> > > "Comparison failed" means you have an installed port that no longer exists > in the ports tree. There's no way to compare the installed version to the > (nonexistent) ports tree version. > > It's harmless, but you can use pkg_delete(1) to remove those obsolete > installed automake ports. > That did work. I assumed that since the package was gone it wouldn't show up, but it was still in the system. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
