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pkgsrc-Mysteries – unraveled – update

I have to correct my on how $PATH is now set in my /etc/shrc: In the post, i wrote that my $PATH is set this way: 1 2 3 4 5 PATH=/usr/local/scripts:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R7/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/pkg/bin:/usr/local/bin if [ "${uid}" -eq 0 ]; then   PATH=/usr/local/sscripts:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/pkg/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:${PATH} fi export PATH PATH=/usr/local/scripts:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R7/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/pkg/bin:/usr/local/bin if [ "${uid}" -eq 0 ]; then PATH=/usr/local/sscripts:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/pkg/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:${PATH} fi export [...]

pkgsrc-Mysteries – unraveled

As I wrote , I encountered a weird mystery concerning three pkgsrc-packages, which did compile on each and every NetBSD-machine I could find, but on . We looked into the problem for days, but never found a clue. Then, this afternoon, the solution popped up in a totally different context. The Mistery Unravels During the [...]

pkgsrc-Mysteries

pkgsrc is the package-system native to NetBSD. It is a great system that lets you decide whether you like to install from officially pre-built binary packages, or from source by compiling each package directly. You can even mix binary installs with your own builds, the pkgsrc-system is capable of handling this. Depending on machine-speed, I [...]

pkgsrc/2010Q3: binary packages available for i386 and amd64

I just received word via email that binary packages of pkgsrc/2010Q3 are available for the architectures i386 and amd64, NetBSD 4.0.1 and NetBSD 5.0.2 have been made available: NetBSD/i386 4.0.1: http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/i386/4.0.1_2010Q3/ NetBSD/amd64 4.0.1: http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/i386/4.0.1_2010Q3/ NetBSD/i386 5.0.2: http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/i386/5.0.2_2010Q3/ NetBSD/amd64 5.0.2: http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/amd64/5.0.2_2010Q3/