Re: Packages question - version 5.1 on 5.0.2 system?

[Donald Lee <MacPPC2%caution.icompute.com@localhost>]

>On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Donald Lee 
><MacPPC2%caution.icompute.com@localhost> wrote:
>> a little surprised that many
>> of the packages in:
>>        pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/powerpc/5.0_2010Q1/All
>>
>> are built for 5.1 (or at least that is the complaint of pkg_add)
>
>I believe that's wrong. Someone should clarify that and/or fix it. If
>it says 5.0, it should be 5.0.
>
>You might post to the pkgsrc list about that. Or just read the doc, I
>haven't read it for years. Maybe I'm missing something.
>
>I get packages from a 5.0 directory on my i386 box and they are not
>built for 5.1.
>
>Andy

That is correct.

I just went back and pointed my pkg_install.conf to macppc/All/5.0-2009Q4.
I still get complaints from pkg_add about version mismatch, but the
complaints are about 5.0 vs. 5.0.2, rather than 5.1 vs. 5.0.2.
I have see no packages built with 5.1.

-dgl-