Ports/Package dilema

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2006-01-09 13:11, Tuc at T-B-O-H <ml at 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