Re: ChiPass

[Matti Andreas Kähäri <andreas.kahari%abc.se@localhost>]

On Sun, Nov 08, 2026 at 07:58:54PM -0800, Jeff wrote:
> I am interested in installing ChiPass on my recently updated 11.1 system. To
> date, I have only installed binary packages, using pkgin. If I am
> understanding this correctly (https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/security/ChiPass/index.html)
> there is not yet any binary available for ChiPass in NetBSD, and I will need
> to install from source.
> 
> During my initial install of 11.0 I chose both of the options to set up
> source and binary package installations. So I have /usr/pkgsrc, which is
> populated with a bunch of directories, including a 'security' directory.
> However, ChiPass is not one of the 700+ subdirectories in security.
> 
> I ran 'cd /usr/pkgsrc && cvs update -dP' and it did update a bunch of stuff,
> but did not add ChiPass. Any advice on how I should proceed?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeff

The security/ChiPass package seems to have been imported into pkgsrc
only a couple of weeks ago (Oct 19, 2026).  If you have checked out a
stable branch of pkgsrc, such as pkgsrc-2026Q3, you will not find it
there.  It's only currently available on the trunk.

https://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/security/ChiPass/

Andreas