Subject: error installing spamassassin binary package (was Re: p5-Digest-MD5 build error)
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Klaus Heinz <k.heinz.jun.vier@onlinehome.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 06/17/2004 00:59:33 
Ja'far Railton wrote:

> bsd: {8} pkg_add ftp://ftp.be.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/1.6.2/i386/mail/spamassassin-2.63nb1.tgz

 [ lots of missing packages  ]

> pkg_add: autoload of dependency `p5-Net-SSLeay-[0-9]*' failed!
> pkg_add: 1 package addition failed

Does it work if you set the variable PKG_PATH?

   PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.be.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/1.6.2/i386/All
   export PKG_PATH

This tells pkg_add where to look for necessary packages (like
p5-Net-SSLeay). See also the man page pkg_add(1).

ciao
     Klaus Heinz