Re. http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-help/2003/05/31/0001.html

As I understand it, pkgsrc is independant of the architectures/ports.
(It is even somewhat independant of NetBSD itself.)

When NetBSD undergoes a release (or patch release), I gather that pkgsrc
is somewhat stabilized and a nominal corresponding version of pkgsrc
is tarred up to go with the release.  If you grab pkgsrc at some
random time, the odds are slightly higher that some package that you
like will be broken.


This seems like a desirable thing in terms of making the system approachable
for first-time users.  However, I tend to grab pkgsrc whenever, and update
it when: (a) I upgrade the OS or (b) I get a security advisory for some
package that I'm using.


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