pkg does not recognize correct kernel version

[Ronald Klop]

On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 22:05:51 +0100, Konstantin Belousov  
<kostikbel at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 09:39:37PM +0100, Rainer Hurling wrote:
>> Am 19.02.2018 um 21:24 schrieb Ronald Klop:
>> > On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 21:10:48 +0100, Rainer Hurling <rhurlin at gwdg.de>  
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Ronald,
>> >>
>> >> Am 19.02.2018 um 20:27 schrieb Ronald Klop:
>> >>> I just did this.
>> >>>
>> >>> root at sjakie ~]# pkg upgrade
>> >>> Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
>> >>> Fetching meta.txz: 100%    944 B   0.9kB/s    00:01
>> >>> Fetching packagesite.txz: 100%    6 MiB   6.0MB/s    00:01
>> >>> Processing entries:   0%
>> >>> pkg: Newer FreeBSD version for package gnome-menus:
>> >>> - package: 1200058
>> >>> - running kernel: 1200056
>> >>> pkg: repository FreeBSD contains packages for wrong OS version:
>> >>> FreeBSD:12:amd64
>> >>> Processing entries: 100%
>> >>> Unable to update repository FreeBSD
>> >>> Error updating repositories!
>> >>>
>> >>> [root at sjakie ~]# uname -UK
>> >>> 1200058 1200058
>> >>>
>> >>> [root at sjakie ~]# uname -a
>> >>> FreeBSD sjakie 12.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT #4 r329516M: Sun  
>> Feb 18
>> >>> 12:37:36 CET 2018 >>>  
>> ronald at sjakie:/data/ronald/obj-freebsd-current/data/ronald/freebsd-current/amd64.amd64/sys/GENERIC-NODEBUGamd64
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> So uname gives a different version than pkg detects.
>> >>>
>> >>> What is happening? pkg update -f gives the same result. -o
>> >>> OSVERSION=1200058 helps, but does not feel like the right solution.
>> >>>
>> >>> Regards,
>> >>> Ronald.
>> >>
>> >> Please try
>> >>
>> >> #sysctl kern.osreldate
>> >> kern.osreldate: 1200058
>> >>
>> >> HTH,
>> >> Rainer Hurling
>> >
>> >
>> > [root at sjakie ~]# sysctl kern.osreldate
>> > kern.osreldate: 1200058
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Ronald.
>>
>> On my kernel patchlevel 1200058 (r329446) I get:
>>
>> #pkg update -f
>> Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
>> Fetching meta.txz: 100%    944 B   0.9kB/s    00:01
>> Fetching packagesite.txz: 100%    6 MiB   1.2MB/s    00:05
>> Processing entries: 100%
>> FreeBSD repository update completed. 28645 packages processed.
>> All repositories are up to date.
>>
>>
>> Perhaps more a local problem :(
>
> Look at the man page.  pkg reads version from the /bin/sh ELF FreeBSD

Which man page? I can't find it in pkg help update or pkg help upgrade or  
man pkg.

> version note:
> orion% file /bin/ls
> /bin/ls: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (FreeBSD),  
> dynamically linked, interpreter /libexec/ld-elf.so.1, for FreeBSD 11.1  
> (1101506), FreeBSD-style, stripped
>
> Update world past the __FreeBSD_version which is reported for the  
> repository.

Does this mean I always have to do a *clean* buildworld after every  
version bump? This takes ages.

Regards,
Ronald.