Re: Can't install sysutils/lsof

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 03:41:50AM +1000, Ray Phillips wrote:
> I'm unable to install lsof on a NetBSD/amd64 7.1 machine using pkgin.
> This was the result of my attempt...
> 
> # pkgin install lsof
> calculating dependencies... done.
> 
> nothing to upgrade.
> 2 packages to be installed (105K to download, 308K to install):
> 
> osabi-NetBSD-7.0 lsof-4.89
> 
> proceed ? [Y/n] y
> downloading packages...
> osabi-NetBSD-7.0.tgz                100% 2952     2.9KB/s   2.9KB/s   00:00
> lsof-4.89.tgz                       100%  102KB  51.2KB/s   6.3KB/s   00:02
> installing packages...
> installing osabi-NetBSD-7.0...
> The Operating System version (7.1) does not match 7.0
> installing lsof-4.89...
> The Operating System version (7.1) does not match 7.0
> pkg_install warnings: 3, errors: 3
> pkg_install error log can be found in /var/db/pkgin/pkg_install-err.log
> reading local summary...
> processing local summary...
> no such installed package lsof
> #
> 
> The corresponding entries in /var/db/pkgin/pkg_install-err.log were:
> 
> ---Nov 21 02:50:45: installing osabi-NetBSD-7.0...
> pkg_add: Warning: package `osabi-NetBSD-7.0' was built for a platform:
> pkg_add: NetBSD/x86_64 7.0 (pkg) vs. NetBSD/x86_64 7.1 (this host)
> pkg_add: install script returned error status
> pkg_add: 1 package addition failed
> ---Nov 21 02:50:45: installing lsof-4.89...
> pkg_add: Warning: package `lsof-4.89' was built for a platform:
> pkg_add: NetBSD/x86_64 7.0 (pkg) vs. NetBSD/x86_64 7.1 (this host)
> pkg_add: Warning: package `osabi-NetBSD-7.0' was built for a platform:
> pkg_add: NetBSD/x86_64 7.0 (pkg) vs. NetBSD/x86_64 7.1 (this host)
> pkg_add: install script returned error status
> pkg_add: Can't install dependency osabi-NetBSD-7.0
> pkg_add: 1 package addition failed

osabi is silly

> 
> I discovered that  http://pkgsrc.se/pkgtools/osabi  says that osabi
> "is a dummy-package which is made a dependence for packages which are
> tightly bound to a specific version of an operating system" so,
> reasoning that the package for 7.0 would be close enough to work with
> 7.1 I tried to force the install using  pkgin -F install lsof  but the
> result was the same.
> 
> Will I have to wait until a package explicitly built for 7.1 is
> available or there a way around this problem now?

pkg_add -I osabi

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
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