Subject: lack of p5-perl-headers
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Przemys=B3aw_Pawe=B3czyk?= <pp@kv.net.pl>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 12/15/2006 03:21:17
Hi,
Why p5-perl-headers is not available? xine-lib whines for it very loud. 
The package _was_ in repository. Here's my prove:

=== grep on >>> NetBSD packages <<<

[03 n] ap13-perl-1.29.tgz                 12-Oct-2006 04:46   321kB
[04 n] ap2-perl-2.0.1nb3.tgz              05-Oct-2006 21:03  3853kB
[05 n] bioperl-0.7.0nb2.tgz               02-Oct-2006 15:34  1301kB
[06 n] p5-PerlIO-via-dynamic-0.11nb2.tgz  02-Oct-2006 08:44     9kB
[07 n] p5-Perl-Tidy-20031021nb1.tgz       02-Oct-2006 08:39   269kB
[08 n] p5-Perl6-Export-0.07.tgz           02-Oct-2006 08:38     9kB
[09 n] p5-Perl6-Slurp-0.03.tgz            03-Oct-2006 14:26    11kB
[10 n] p5-PerlIO-eol-0.13nb2.tgz          02-Oct-2006 08:38    17kB
[11 n] p5-PerlIO-via-symlink-0.02nb2.tgz  02-Oct-2006 08:38     8kB
[12 n] p5-PerlMagick-6.2.9.3.tgz          19-Oct-2006 13:14    82kB
[13 n] p5-perl-headers-3.0nb3.tgz         02-Oct-2006 16:12   712kB
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
[14 n] p5-perl-ldap-0.33.tgz              03-Oct-2006 22:45   192kB
[15 n] p5-sybperl-2.16nb5.tgz             03-Oct-2006 22:01   276kB
[16 n] perl-5.8.8nb3.tgz                  01-Oct-2006 14:21 10835kB
[17 n] perlsh-1.8nb3.tgz                  04-Oct-2006 08:35   116kB
bash-2.05b$

Spawning FTP coprocess
ftp -detv 
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/packages-2006Q3/NetBSD-3.0/i386/All/
ftp: connect to address 2001:4f8:1:c:230:48ff:fe31:43f2: No route to host
(...)
ftp> nlist p5-perl-headers-*.t[bg]z /var/tmp/pkg.00761d
pkg_add: nlist failed!
pkg_add: no pkg found for 'p5-perl-headers', sorry.

ftp> close
pkg_add: 1 package addition failed

For me there's decidedly too much disorder in the NetBSD packages world. 
First mplayer playing with us seesaw, then the Minotaur's maze 
pretending to be ftp system tree, disappearing files, weird 
dependencies, etc. It seems to me there's too much work (platforms to 
serve) and too few hands to do that. Isn't a time for a change the goals 
or prioritize them?

Everything works like a dream until I come out from the bare system 
trenches. The system itself is the main and the only cause I keep stick 
to the NetBSD. The rest is irksome to say the least.

BTW. Is there any chance to put the binaries of the "cursed by law" You 
Know What (mplayer) to separate WWW/FTP external to US jurisdiction?

Regards,
pp
-- 
Przemysław Pawełczyk [pren. Pshemislav Paveltchik]
pp@kv.net.pl, http://pp.kv.net.pl