Solved Port upgrade issue (mysql56)

[MichaelL]

I have mysql 5.6 installed with version 5.6.27, when I do a pkg search, it tells me this is the latest version:

www:/usr/ports/databases/mysql56-server # pkg search -x mysql56-server

mysql56-server-5.6.27  Multithreaded SQL database (server)

However, when I look on the ports page:

https://www.freshports.org/databases/mysql56-server/

It indicates that the latest version should be 5.6.30.

Any idea as to why the search isn't seeing the latest version?

 

[SirDice]

If you're on 10.2 or 10.3 you're probably using the quarterly package repository. It's only updated 4 times a year or when there are major security issues. Please post the output of pkg -vv.

 

[MichaelL]

If you're on 10.2 or 10.3 you're probably using the quarterly package repository. It's only updated 4 times a year or when there are major security issues. Please post the output of pkg -vv.

Thanks, that has explained it. I can see the quarterly package repository.

   url             : "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:10:amd64/quarterly",

 

[SirDice]

Alright. You can stay on the quarterly branch if you like. If you want to switch to the traditional "rolling" repository, create a file called /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf:

FreeBSD: {
  url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest"
}

Note it will always lag slightly behind the ports tree. Packages are build frequently (I think it's once a week now) but ports are updated continuously.