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On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 10:04:09PM +0200, Hubert Feyrer wrote:
>=20
> (moving this to tech-pkg)
>=20
> >>Modified Files:
> >>	src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add: perform.c
> >>	src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib: config.h version.h
> >>
> >>Log Message:
> >>Add conditional code to ignore the non-numeric part of an OS version
> >>for the sake of compatibility tests in pkg_add.
> >>E.g. DragonFly versions like
> >>	1.4.0-RELEASE
> >>are reduced to
> >>	1.4.0
> >>
> >>This code is disabled by default on NetBSD.
>=20
> I think it would be nice to enable this for NetBSD, too, so I can install=
=20
> packages made for 3.0 on my 3.0_STABLE kernel.

And what exactly stops you from doing that?  Nothing.  You get a warning,
for a very good reason;  even on a branch, you can get symbols changed in
base libraries.  Hence the warning.

--=20
Quentin Garnier - cube@cubidou.net - cube@NetBSD.org
"When I find the controls, I'll go where I like, I'll know where I want
to be, but maybe for now I'll stay right here on a silent sea."
KT Tunstall, Silent Sea, Eye to the Telescope, 2004.

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