Subject: Re: pkg_add broken on 1.5 release?
To: None <dave.capella@cornell.edu, eeh@netbsd.org>
From: None <eeh@netbsd.org>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 04/19/2001 04:30:17
> I successfully brought up an Ultra1, but can't install any
> packages. make complains that I need to cd to ../../pkg_install
k and run make.
>
>That's because your pkgsrc is newer than your pkg_install.
hm, I was trying to simply install binary packages, but another
look at the ftp site, and it seems that I must've grabbed src
packages, instead.
There are no pre-compiled packages for sparc64. At the moment it's
still a case of having to compile your own.
> Sorry, I'm not at work, so don't remember the exact error - something
> like: I have pkg_install-20010302 but need pkg_install-20010306.
> Problem is, I tried to upgrade, now have pkg_install-20010307, and
> the same error messages.
>
>How did you upgrade?
Quite frankly, at this point, I'm not sure. It would be simple to
rebuild everything, I think. The boxes are net-booting; just have
to get the linux server to cooperate on nfs, and I do have an
external drive that will at least boot the boxes...
Should I simply get the source for pkg_install and rebuild? If so,
could you point me at a url?
You should down load pkgsrc and build from there. Only about half the
packages build on sparc64, and some of those don't run or have to be
hand-tweaked. This is primarily due to compiler issues (C++ just doesn't
work right) and sources that aren't really 64-bit clean.
Eduardo