On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 07:50:35PM -0500, Edgar Pettijohn wrote: > On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 10:47:11PM +0000, tetrahe...@danwin1210.me wrote: > > After upgrading 6.8->6.9 (stable, not current) using sysupgrade, I am > > finding it not possible to install packages via pkg_add > > > > When I try to install something, I get a series of errors like "<package > > dependency library name>: bad major" or "<package dependency>: minor is too > > small" > > > > I am assuming I need to be installing new packages with `pkg_add -U` to > > update the dependencies as needed. However, the manpage suggests this is not > > desirable. > > > > Is there a better way to do things? > > > > I just ran into this myself. I'm guessing the packages are built with a > newer library. So I'm running sysupgrade again to see if they get > installed. I'll repost if that indeed solves my issue. > > edgar >
Yep just completed a sysupgrade followed by pkg_add -u and i can now install new packages without errors. Probably the same will work for you. edgar
