Re: Packages problems with NetBSD 10.1

[Don Lee <MacPPC2%c.icompute.com@localhost>]

> On Apr 25, 2026, at 6:44 AM, Valery Ushakov <uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Apr 25, 2026 at 02:11:46 -0500, Don Lee wrote:
> 
>> I poked around on the web and found suggestions to re-install the
>> base files, which I tried. Unfortunately, the base files (for NetBSD
>> 10.1) do not contain the libraries that the packages are
>> demanding. I am now downloading 10.0, in hopes that I can find the
>> files I need there.
>> 
>> My missing libraries are:
>> 
>> /usr/lib/libarchive.so.5, needed by pkg_install-20250417 is not present in this system.
> [...]
> 
> I'm not sure what did you do wrong, but shl.mi blames:
> 
> 1.942.2.7    (martin   05-Sep-23): ./usr/lib/libarchive.so.5  	  	  base-sys-shlib		compatfile
> 1.942.2.18   (martin   31-Oct-24): ./usr/lib/libarchive.so.5.1							base-sys-shlib		compatfile
> 
> and the tags are:
> 
>   netbsd-10-1-RELEASE: 1.942.2.18
>   netbsd-10-0-RELEASE: 1.942.2.15
> 
> So libarchvive.5.so must be there in 10.1 (and 10.0).
> 
> 
> postinstall obsolete gone wrong b/c of wrong sets or something?
> 
> Anyway, reinstalling 10.1 sets (plus etcupdate) should have brought
> them back.
> 
> -uwe

My "sysupgrade auto” appears to have not done anything to fix it. and NetBSD 10.0 base.tgz does not have all the files I need.

I was inclined to remove all the packages and re-install them, but I had a suspicion that the files I need are in the base install, so that would do no good.

Closure:

I ran another "sysupgrade auto”, and then removed and re-installed all of the packages. Re-installing the packages appear to have installed/changed (almost all) the missing files. When the install was done, the only problem was php-mod5.so, which purports to be available, but when I try to install it, it won’t install. (in pkg ap24-php56)

So, I don’t have php5, but I have php7 now and apache works.

Many thanks,

-dgl-