Subject: pkgsrc installation problems, here: standalone-tcsh
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Hauke Fath <hf@spg.tu-darmstadt.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 12/12/2005 11:55:51
Hi,
my attempt to update the shells/standalone-tcsh package from 6.13 to
6.14 ended up in a catch-22 situation: Depending on the invocation,
the pkg tools fail either claiming the package is installed, or
claiming the package is not installed -- see pkg/32285 for details.
Since what I see here is not unlike the contradicting messages you
get when you update pkgtools/pkg_install, it would seem to me that
this corner of the pkgsrc install process lacks consistency and
robustness.
Comments?
hauke
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