ports version mismatch

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frabron

Hi,

I have two servers running
Code: 
root@frodo>uname -a 
FreeBSD frodo.metrico 9.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Jan  3 07:46:30 UTC 2012     
root@farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64

Today I did a portsnap fetch update on both servers, but the port versions of the gdal port differ:
Code: 
gdal-1.8.1_5                        <   needs updating (port has 1.9.1)
vs.
Code: 
gdal-1.8.1_1                        <   needs updating (port has 1.9.0_1)

Any idea how I can get the most recent version on both servers? What can be the reason for the difference?

Frank
 
Hi,

Thanks for responding. I never touched the portsnap configuration. I just had a look and SERVERNAME is the same on both machines.
 
Here're the portsnap fetch command outputs:

Code: 
root@frodo>portsnap fetch
Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 9 mirrors found.
Fetching snapshot tag from geodns-1.portsnap.freebsd.org... done.
Fetching snapshot metadata... done.
Updating from Tue Jun 12 08:38:41 CEST 2012 to Tue Jun 12 09:57:09 CEST 2012.
Fetching 4 metadata patches... done.
Code: 
root@bilbo>portsnap fetch
Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 9 mirrors found.
Fetching snapshot tag from geodns-1.portsnap.freebsd.org... done.
Fetching snapshot metadata... done.
Updating from Tue Jun 12 09:01:53 CEST 2012 to Tue Jun 12 09:57:09 CEST 2012.
Fetching 4 metadata patches... done.

So it looks to me that they are using the same server.
 
There is an half hour difference between the time you did one and the other. It's possible there have been some updates in that time.
 
Unfortunately that's not the reason. I portsnap'ped again, both having the same time values, and gdal is still on the 1.9.0_1 level while the other has 1.9.1.

Is
Code: 
rm -rf /usr/ports/*
portsnap fetch extract
a (brute) solution?
 
frabron said:
Is
Code: 
rm -rf /usr/ports/*
portsnap fetch extract
a (brute) solution?
Click to expand...
I'd definitely try that. It'll make sure you start "fresh".
 
I found this post
DutchDaemon said:
Code: 
rm /var/db/portsnap/tag
rm -rf /var/db/portsnap/files
rm -rf /usr/ports
portsnap fetch extract
Click to expand...
and tried it, but without success :\
Code: 
root@bilbo>pkg_version -vl '<'
gdal-1.8.1_1                        <   needs updating (port has 1.9.0_1)
This is getting creepy ...

Is geodns-1.portsnap.freebsd.org some kind of load balancer? It has the same IP as portsnap.FreeBSD.org, so how do I find out what mirror is used for portsnap?
 
frabron said:
Is geodns-1.portsnap.freebsd.org some kind of load balancer? It has the same IP as portsnap.FreeBSD.org, so how do I find out what mirror is used for portsnap?
Click to expand...
geodns-1.portsnap.freebsd.org is used to choose a nearby mirror to speed up portsnap.

mousaka
 
Thanks, this is a little bit embarrassing for me to tell, but I was sure I installed the CFT on my testing machine, and not on the server; it really didn't come to my mind that I installed it on the server. Of course I blame the missing host name in the shell's prompt :r

Thanks again all for your kind help,

Frank
 
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