Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 17:12:36 -0500 From: Francis Litterio <franl@world.std.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Package from the packages-5.1-release directory won't install on a 5.1 system Message-ID: <86ektq2tjx.fsf@world.std.com> In-Reply-To: <20040123210726.GA90817@xor.obsecurity.org> (Kris Kennaway's message of "Fri, 23 Jan 2004 13:07:26 -0800") References: <86smi61q35.fsf@world.std.com> <20040123210726.GA90817@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 01:22:38PM -0500, Francis Litterio wrote: >> I have a stock 5.1 release system, but when I try to install the package >> amsn-0.71_1.tbz, which I downloaded from >> >> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.1-release/All/amsn-0.71_1.tbz >> >> pkg_add says it needs version "tcl-8.4.3,1" of tcl but my 5.1 system has >> tcl version "8.3.5_2" installed. I have not changed my tcl installation >> 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. Thanks for replying. 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? 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. Aren't packages bound to a given base system version precisely to avoid this kind of "upgrade creep"? -- Francis Litterio franl@world.std.com http://world.std.com/~franl/ GPG and PGP public keys available on keyservers.
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