netbsd-help: Re: pkgsrc (Was: RE: can't figure out port forwarding. :-()

Subject: Re: pkgsrc (Was: RE: can't figure out port forwarding. :-()
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: henry nelson <netb@irm.nara.kindai.ac.jp>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 05/31/2003 10:58:38

On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 07:00:56AM -0500, Richard Rauch wrote:
> Bear in mind that to use pkg_src_ you need the compilers and other toys.

I've been meaning to ask about the difference between:

    /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/tar_files/pkgsrc.tar.gz
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
and /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.x.x/source/sets/pkgsrc.tar.gz
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
There are a couple of architectures for which current is not available or
is buggy, e.g., i386/pc98 (at level of 1.4.3a) and sparc on an old IPC with
the software cache-flush problem (safe at level of 1.5.3).  Should I be
using the "pkgsrc.tar.gz" in the respective "1.x.x/source/sets/" directories
when installing on these older releases?  TIA.

henry nelson