Re: Package binaries for NetBSD 7.2

[Havard Eidnes <he%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

> NetBSD 7.2 was released a few weeks ago. Are there any plans to bulk
> build pkgsrc for this version? I tried to use
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/i386/7.1_2018Q2/All/ ,
> this generally works, but there are a number of newer shared libraries
> in 7.2 which block the installation of many packages, e.g.:
> 
> ----
> n72# pkgin install -f curl
> calculating dependencies...done.
> /usr/lib/libwind.so.0, needed by curl-7.61.1 is not present in this system.
> /usr/lib/libroken.so.19, needed by curl-7.61.1 is not present in this system.
> /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.26, needed by curl-7.61.1 is not present in this system.
> /usr/lib/libhx509.so.5, needed by curl-7.61.1 is not present in this system.
> /usr/lib/libheimntlm.so.4, needed by curl-7.61.1 is not present in this system.
> /usr/lib/libheimbase.so.1, needed by curl-7.61.1 is not present in this system.
> /usr/lib/libgssapi.so.10, needed by curl-7.61.1 is not present in this system.
> /usr/lib/libcom_err.so.7, needed by curl-7.61.1 is not present in this system.
> /usr/lib/libasn1.so.9, needed by curl-7.61.1 is not present in this system.
> ----

I can't answer to any specific plans on this front...  It's
conceivable that the bulk builds will switch to 7.2 at some
point.

What I can do is suggest a workaround: you could first install
7.1 and then 7.2; this should get you both the new and the old
shared libraries in the above list.

Regards,

- Håvard