On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Andrew Brown wrote:

> >There are pre-built binaries for each NetBSD version, as well as for each architecture in the packages collection available at ftp.netbsd.org and mirrors.
> >
> >I am upgrading from 1.5.2 to 1.6.  Can I install 1.5.2 built binaries of packages on a 1.6 system?  I would think so, but I wonder why the per-version segregation exists.
> 
> yes, i'm pretty sure you can do that.  as for the segregation, that's
> there to try to stop 1.5.2 users from installing 1.6 pkgs.

and because each collection should hopefully have a consistent set of
versions required by all the dependencies.

-Dan