Subject: Re: pkg/30101
To: None <salo@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org, pkgsrc-bugs@netbsd.org>
From: Thomas Klausner <wiz@netbsd.org>
List: pkgsrc-bugs
Date: 05/01/2005 16:17:01
The following reply was made to PR pkg/30101; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Thomas Klausner <wiz@netbsd.org>
To: "James K. Lowden" <jklowden@schemamania.org>
Cc: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Subject: Re: pkg/30101
Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 18:15:32 +0200
On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 12:13:29PM -0400, James K. Lowden wrote:
> My theory:
>
> libebml was installed previously, but at that time it didn't install its
> headers (due to an error in the package). Later, the pkgsrc tree was
> updated with correct instructions, but of course the package remained
> registered. Doing the admin check showed that the installed set didn't
> match the current packing list.
Actually, the pkg_admin check compares the old PLIST with the
contents, so you should have already gotten the error when you
installed the package (because the files it expected weren't there).
Thomas