Re: Packages for Current

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

nathan.gilbert%gmail.com@localhost (Nathan Gilbert) writes:

>Hi,

>I=E2=80=99m just starting to use NetBSD again after about a decade and =
>my first project was installing it on a RPI4 (8gb RAM). I was successful =
>in installing CURRENT from 4/1/22 but ran into issues installing =
>packages using `pkgin` or `pkg_add`. What CDN do you use with current?

Actually none, there are no pre-compiled binary packages for -current.

Since -current is a moving target, it's also the question which -current
you want to build for.


>pointed PKG_PATH to 9.0/2021Q4 or 9.2 and in either case ended up with =
>packages that were missing requirements. For instance, vim was missing =
>libterminfo.so.1. I=E2=80=99m assuming there must be a pkg repo for =
>current but was unable to find through browsing the CDN or searching?

The package emulators/compat90 installs libraries from netbsd-9
so that most packages built for netbsd-9 are supposed to work.