Re: [pkgbuild%amd64-nb4.netbsd.org@localhost: pkgsrc-2011Q3 NetBSD 4.0.1/x86_64 2011-10-03 14:16]

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 09:57:33PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 10:52:14AM +0200, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 09:46:06AM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 09:47:35PM +0000, John Klos wrote:
> > > > Is there a definitive rule about whether to use the tools which came
> > > > with NetBSD versus installing the latest pkg_add and friends for
> > > > bulk builds?
> > > 
> > > I guess it depends on the goal of the build. This one targets providing
> > > binary packages for NetBSD users, so the tools from the base system
> > > should be used (otherwise the resulting binary packages won't be 
> > > installable
> > > on a stock NetBSD system)
> > 
> > The tools from the base system of NetBSD 4.0 are completely outdated and
> > unsupported for a reason.
> 
> So how do you install a binary package on a NetBSD 4 host ?

Install pkg_install first and use the pkg_add from that. At least that's
your best bet.

Joerg