On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 08:32:24PM +0200, Stéphane Witzmann wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I am experiencing problems with the binary packages on i386. I am running
> NetBSD 2.0.2 but went back to a 2.0 kernel since there are no binary
> packages for 2.0.2 (and pkg_add fails like "OS version mismatch" when
> trying to install a package compiled for 2.0). 

Is it really a failure? I think this message is just a warning. I remember
installing such "mismatched" packages without problems.

> There is something I don't understand. I can install and setup a desktop
> FreeBSD or Slackware box in a few hours. Setting up a NetBSD box takes
> days (and fast internet access) if you have to compile all the stuff you
> need. Is NetBSD not targeted at all to "binary-only" users ?

I don't have the impression that pkgsrc is targeted at binary-only users.

Pavel Cahyna