Re: 2026Q2; pkg_install errors, `x265>=4.2' pkg not found

[Ramiro Aceves <ea1abz%gmail.com@localhost>]

El 23/7/26 a las 9:14, Van Ly escribió:
> Ramiro Aceves <ea1abz%gmail.com@localhost> writes:
>
> > > # search for x265
> > >
> > > 2026-07-22T16:05:10Z [1/1] installing gst-plugins1-x265-1.28.3...
> > > pkg_add: no pkg found for 'x265>=4.2', sorry.
> > > pkg_add: Can't install dependency x265>=4.2
> > > pkg_add: gst-plugins1-x265-1.28.3: expected dependency x265>=4.2 still missing
> > > pkg_add: 1 package addition failed
> >
> > I also had those problems in my Acer Aspire One with the 11.0RC6 install. I had to go back to 2026Q1.
>
> On 11.0_RC7:2026Q2 here, I found a work around path by quizzing
> Gemini‑AI model and did a local build of multimedia/x265 then installed.
> But the follow up `pkgin upgrade' errored out and I had to directly
> specify those packages that failed to install because of x265 dependency.
>
> A day later, `pkgin update; pkgin upgrade' installed 24 packages then
> requested `pkgin upgrade' to upgrade pkgin and another 217 packages were
> installed.


I assumed that something was wrong with the 2026Q2 repository and that it was 
just a matter of waiting until it was fixed. There was no problem using 2026Q1 
or whatever version worked in the meantime. I wanted to let my old machine 
working after SSD premature failure!

Regards.