Hi magnus,

Did you tried "make update"? e.g.

---installing pthread-sem...-----------------
heaven# pwd
/usr/pkgsrc/devel/pthread-sem
heaven# make install
===> Checking for vulnerabilities in pthread-sem-1.0
===> Installing for pthread-sem-1.0
===> pthread-sem-1.0 is already installed - perhaps an older version?
*** If so, you may use either of:
***  - "pkg_delete pthread-sem-1.0" and "/usr/bin/make reinstall" to upgrade 
properly
***  - *"/usr/bin/make update"* to rebuild the package and all of its dependencies
***  - "/usr/bin/make replace" to replace only the package without re-linking
***    dependencies, risking various problems.
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/devel/pthread-sem
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/devel/pthread-sem
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/devel/pthread-sem
------------------------------------------

Don't forget to update your pkgsrc:
	-- bof update-pkgsrc.sh -----
	#!/bin/sh
	cd /usr/pkgsrc
	make clean
	export CVSROOT=anoncvs@anoncvs.NetBSD.org:/cvsroot
	export CVS_RSH=ssh
	cvs -q update -dP
	-- eof update-pkgsrc.sh -----

More info about pkgsrc in
www.netbsd.org/Documentation/software/packages.html#binary

Cheers,

-fmac

magetoo@fastmail.fm wrote:
> Hi guys.
> 
> 
>   First of all, apologies if this is slightly off topic.  I don't know
>   exactly where it belongs.
> 
>   I've been running 1.6 for some time now, and have always used binary
>   packages (off CD).  After getting my DSL connection, I'm thinking of
>   upgrading, and of using pkgsrc instead of binary packages.
> 
>   Or more truthfully, I saw something cool and just had to have it, and
>   pkgsrc was conviniently there.
> 
> 
>   Now, source and binary packages don't seem to interact too well.  Is
>   that the way it is supposed to be?  The normal routine is that i cd to
>   some/package, make, and wait for the error message, which is usually
>   "somepackage requires somelib version 1.2.3, but it seems you already
>   have somelib 1.1.1 installed (old version?)"; and then pkg_delete -f
>   somelib and "make" again.  Not exactly optimal, I think.
> 
>   Especially with packages with lots of dependencies.  I don't really
>   like having to rebuild something big like, say, Mesa, just to get xmms
>   working (which "packagely broke" after updating pth (which had to be
>   built so I could use Gaim)).
> 
>   It will get easier in time, after all the big packages are built, but
>   is there a better solution?
> 
>   This whole thing reminds me of my Debian experience, only back then I
>   didn't even have dialup.  Thanks to the fast connection it's a lot less
>   painful now.
> 
> 
> Magnus
> 
> 
>