portversion and pkg_version have different opinions on current versions

[Jason J. Hellenthal]

On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:06:56 -0700
Doug Barton <dougb at FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> Jason J. Hellenthal wrote:
> 
> > Why not just add weekly_status_pkg_enable="YES" to /etc/periodic.conf.local and youll be informed of packages that need updating.
> 
> Sorry to pick on your response, but this thread is a good time to
> remind people of some basic mailing list etiquette:

No its not a problem at all I must have missed part of the thread and picked up the portion where pkg_version was being discussed. 

> 
> 1. Read the whole thread before you reply (the suggestion you made
> above was already made earlier in this thread).
> 
> 2. Make sure you understand the real problem before you reply (the OP
> has some sort of problem with his INDEX and ports tree not matching,
> we've moved past just finding out what needs updating).
> 
> 3. Don't speculate. If you're not 100% sure about something let
> someone who is more knowledgeable reply. There have been several posts
> in this thread that gave misleading and/or confusing information that
> could easily have been avoided.
> 
> 
> hth,
> 
> Doug
> 
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