Re: pkg/30101

[Thomas Klausner <wiz%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/30101; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Thomas Klausner <wiz%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: "James K. Lowden" <jklowden%schemamania.org@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/30101
Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 18:15:32 +0200

 On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 12:13:29PM -0400, James K. Lowden wrote:
 > My theory: 
 > 
 > libebml was installed previously, but at that time it didn't install its
 > headers (due to an error in the package).  Later, the pkgsrc tree was
 > updated with correct instructions, but of course the package remained
 > registered.  Doing the admin check showed that the installed set didn't
 > match the current packing list.  
 
 Actually, the pkg_admin check compares the old PLIST with the
 contents, so you should have already gotten the error when you
 installed the package (because the files it expected weren't there).
  Thomas