Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:39:06 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Francis Litterio <franl@world.std.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Package from the packages-5.1-release directory won't install on a 5.1 system Message-ID: <20040123223906.GA92198@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <86ektq2tjx.fsf@world.std.com> References: <86smi61q35.fsf@world.std.com> <20040123210726.GA90817@xor.obsecurity.org> <86ektq2tjx.fsf@world.std.com>
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--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--
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