Subject: Re: pkgsrc: what binary packages to use?
To: Vittorio <vdemart1@tin.it>
From: Brian A. Seklecki <bseklecki@collaborativefusion.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 03/20/2007 23:35:15
Hmm: 

pkgsrc-users@ may be more appropriate, don't know.

What does "pkg_info -B or -n or -N" reveal?

What is your exact "uname -a" output?  If you're running only a slightly
different revisions (pre-release, stable build, patch release) then the
uname mismatch may confuse the logic.

~~BAS

On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 11:09 +0100, Vittorio wrote:
> I've just installed a standard macppc/netbsd 3.1 from a CD and now I'm 
> installing binary packages via pkg_add. I defined a
> 
> PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.
> de.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD-3.1/macppc/All
> 
> if I add a 
> binary like
> 
> pkg_add -v kdebase
> 
> ......................................
> Warning: package `ftp://ftp.de.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD-3.1
> /macppc/All/kdebase-3.5.4.tgz' was built for a different version of the 
> OS:
> 
> Why is that and what can I do about it?
> 
> Ciao
> Vittorio
> 
-- 
Brian A. Seklecki <bseklecki@collaborativefusion.com>
Collaborative Fusion, Inc.




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