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To: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr (Giorgos Keramidas)
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Subject: Re: Ports/Package dilema
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> 
> On 2006-01-09 13:11, Tuc at T-B-O-H <ml@t-b-o-h.net> wrote:
> > > > 	I have compat4x installed already, but not 5x. Should I load 5x on
> > > > a 5.4-REL system??
> > >
> > > Sorry for the confusion.  I replied too fast.  Now that I've checked the
> > > versions of libm.so in 5.X, 6.X and CURRENT I see that they have:
> > >
> > > 	5.X		libm.so.3
> > > 	6.X		libm.so.4
> > > 	7.X		libm.so.4
> > >
> > > so you are probably trying to install a package that was compiled for
> > > 6.X on a 5.X system.  Don't do that.  It's not going to work reliably.
> > > Use packages that have been compiled for 5.X instead.
> > >
> > 	Understood. But I don't know how to do that.. Is there a different
> > directory structure on FTP.FREEBSD.ORG for each?
> 
> Yes.  By using pkg_add -r you should, in general see things `work'
> automagically.  If this doesn't work for you, you can force pkg_add to
> fetch from a particular release/version of the packages online by
> setting PACKAGESITE in the environment of the pkg_add command:
> 
>   # env PACKAGESITE='ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-stable/All' \
> 	pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui
> 
	AH!!

	Ok.. I didn't know to go below the i386 directory. Thank you, it looks
like the "-r" option is exactly what I needed. 

		Tuc/TBOH