Subject: Re: "upgrading" pkgsrc with lower version?
To: Rasputin <rasputin@idoru.mine.nu>
From: Lubos Vrbka <shnek@chemi.muni.cz>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 11/13/2002 13:08:22
Rasputin wrote:
> * Lubos Vrbka <shnek@chemi.muni.cz> [1131 17:31]:
> 
>>is it possible to "upgrade" to lower version of pkgsrc? i accidentaly
>>have one computer with -current version of pkgsrc and some programs
>>don't compile ("stable" version is ok) - does anyone have some
>>experience with this? 
> 
> 
> There isn't a stable/current split in pkgsrc AFAIK - it's all current.

there are different versions of pkgsrc
1) /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.6/source/sets/pkgsrc.tgz 9480465 Sep 15 10:04 (i 
called this "stable")
2) /pub/NetBSD-current/tar_files/pkgsrc.tar.gz 12164206 Nov  9 03:33 (i 
called this "current")
i probably used bad names...

> It might help to get more detail on what's broken. It sounds like you're
> using pkgsrc from a tarball off a cd or similar -
> if so I'd try getting the latest version, rather than an older one.
i know that the "stable" version works fine.. so i was thinking about 
getting
older but functional stuff...

btw, i'm not familiar with cvs (i'm quite new to this), what would you 
recommend to me?

tnx.
_@_:


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