On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 02:18:09PM +0400, Bruno Carnazzi wrote: > Hi misc, > > When upgrading some packages with 'pkg_add -u', I sometimes see : > No need to update <uptodate_package> > and > Candidates for updating <package> -> <the_same_package_the_same_version> > > What's the difference ? > Please notice that in first case, the package seems "ignored", and in > the second case, the package seems uninstalled and reinstalled in the > same version...
Dependencies it was built again have changed. For instance, newer shared libraries. You have to update these to a newer build so that eventually, you'll be able to get rid of the old shared libraries...