Re: Binary package missing

[Roy Bixler <rcbixler%nyx.net@localhost>]

On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 10:56:19AM -0600, Roy Bixler wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 06:40:46AM +0000, Chavdar Ivanov wrote:
> > installing osabi-NetBSD-7.0...
> > The Operating System version (7.0.1) does not match 7.0
> > pkg_install warnings: 0, errors: 1
> > ---
> > 
> > One has to go through pkgsrc again, which defeats the purpose...
> 
> I've had problems with that package too and I've gotten used to going
> through pkgsrc to solve it.  If it's any consolation, this takes very
> little time to build (certainly nothing like qt4-libs or firefox!)
> Besides, I think that not every package is available as a binary and
> then it's also necessary to build from source.

I replied privately and Chavdar indicated that the following
advice, mentioned in a recent thread on OSABI by Patrick Welche, works
for him:

Add CHECK_OSABI=no to /etc/pkg_install.conf

It might be worth an FAQ entry, since the 7.0.1 binary packages are
symlinked to the 7.0 binary packages and the osabi package would be
"wrong" for 7.0.1.

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