From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 23 14:39:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E547716A4CE for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:39:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-67-119-53-122.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [67.119.53.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBFA843D68 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:39:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6B1E866DE1; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:39:06 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:39:06 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: Francis Litterio Message-ID: <20040123223906.GA92198@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <86smi61q35.fsf@world.std.com> <20040123210726.GA90817@xor.obsecurity.org> <86ektq2tjx.fsf@world.std.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="yrj/dFKFPuw6o+aM" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <86ektq2tjx.fsf@world.std.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: Package from the packages-5.1-release directory won't install on a 5.1 system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 22:39:20 -0000 --yrj/dFKFPuw6o+aM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 05:12:36PM -0500, Francis Litterio wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: >=20 > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 01:22:38PM -0500, Francis Litterio wrote: >=20 > >> I have a stock 5.1 release system, but when I try to install the packa= ge > >> amsn-0.71_1.tbz, which I downloaded from > >>=20 > >> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.1-release/All/= amsn-0.71_1.tbz > >>=20 > >> pkg_add says it needs version "tcl-8.4.3,1" of tcl but my 5.1 system h= as > >> tcl version "8.3.5_2" installed. I have not changed my tcl installati= on > >> since I installed 5.1, so that's the tcl that comes with 5.1. > > > > That's the version of tcl 8.3 that comes with 5.1. The version of tcl > > 8.4 that comes with 5.1 is 8.4.3,1. They are different packages. >=20 > Thanks for replying. >=20 > In what sense does tcl 8.4 "come with 5.1" if it is not installed when I > install _everything_ from the 5.1 install CD? tcl 8.4 presumably isn't on the install CD, like about 8000 other packages that also do not fit. > This is what confuses me: How can tcl 8.4.3,1 be a 5.1 package if it > depends on packages that are not installed with the 5.1 release? Sure, > any package can be a "5.1 package" as long as I upgrade enough other > packages. The full set of packages is available on the FTP site. It would take about a dozen CDs to fit them all. Kris --yrj/dFKFPuw6o+aM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAEaKKWry0BWjoQKURAo45AJ0dlSOhKDPJxrXguH+NouGLYnhHIwCgkVgG s0nRMtroNkbtpRNo47uKtBU= =x+Fj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --yrj/dFKFPuw6o+aM--