Re: NetBSD/amd64/7.1.1

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Apr 09, 2018 at 03:36:34PM -0400, Richard Sass wrote:
> Manuel:
> 
> Thanks for the quick response.
> 
> Part of my issue is ...
> 
> On a test box I used 7.1.1/All and did a full upgrade based on the versions
> of binaries presented to me at that time.
> 
> Later when I went to upgrade the production system, the packages I found
> under 7.1.1 were older in some cases.
> 
> Example:
> 
> TEST: mysql-server-5.7.21nb1 MySQL 5, a free SQL database (server)
> PROD: mysql-server-5.7.20  MySQL 5, a free SQL database (server)
> 
> The repository you are suggesting 7.0_2017Q4 has mysql-server-5.7.20  MySQL
> 5, a free SQL database (server)
> 7.1.1_current has the newer version.
> 
> I use the following string for referencing the repository which I thought
> was the recommended way...
> 
> http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/$arch/$osrelease/All
> 
> It makes it kind of confusing to know where to go for the latest blessed
> packages for a given version of the OS.

I agree. I've no idea where  7.1.1_current comes from, for example

> 
> I'll repoint to the repository you have suggested until I see 7.1.1
> repopulated.

Or you could use  7.1.1_current for the time being, if this is what
has been used before.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
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