Re: pkg/46308: pkg_add should not display warnings for known compatible platform mismatches

[Jan Schaumann <jschauma%netmeister.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/46308; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jan Schaumann <jschauma%netmeister.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/46308: pkg_add should not display warnings for known
        compatible platform mismatches
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 15:07:18 -0400

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 Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost> wrote:
 =20
 >  On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 06:10:01PM +0000, jschauma%netmeister.org@localhost 
 > wrote:
 >  > pkg_add displays a warning whenever a package is installed for a platf=
 orm that
 >  > does not match the current platform 100%.  Under NetBSD, however, we k=
 now that
 >  > certain platforms will be compatible.  In particular, any package buil=
 t under
 >  > major version N should work on other hosts running major N, even if th=
 e build
 >  > and deploy hosts have different minor versions.
 > =20
 >  That's not a correct assumption to make, IMO.
 
 We have incomaptible minor versions?  That seems like a problem to me.
 
 How about compatibility across tiny versions?
 
 -Jan
 
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