Re: compatibility of versions.

[Sujit K M <sjt.kar%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 6:27 PM,  <peter%easthope.ca@localhost> wrote:
> sparc2# pkg_add libX11
> pkg_add: Warning: package `libX11-1.6.2' was built for a platform:
> pkg_add: NetBSD/sparc 6.0 (pkg) vs. NetBSD/sparc 6.1.4 (this host)
> pkg_add: Warning: package `libxcb-1.9.3' was built for a platform:
> pkg_add: NetBSD/sparc 6.0 (pkg) vs. NetBSD/sparc 6.1.4 (this host)
> sparc2# pkg_add libX11
> pkg_add: package `libX11-1.6.2' already recorded as installed

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
why is the above happening

>
> Suggests that libX11 might work ... but an attempt to run bochs gives this.
>
>>>PANIC<< dlopen failed for module 'x': Shared object "libX11.so.7"
>
> Is this a consequence of 6.0 <> 6.1.4?  Something more obscure?
> What solution is recommended?

https://wiki.netbsd.org/pkgsrc/how_to_upgrade_packages/