On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 02:24:40PM +0200, Bernd Schoeller wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> I am trying to do a fresh install using a current snapshot (tried it with
> the snapshot from yesterday and today) on i386. I am downloading from
> 'mirror.switch.ch' and 'ftp.de.openbsd.org'. After installation, I try to
> install some packages that I need (from
> pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/packages/i386).
>
> I get the report of a wrong libc available:
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> # pkg_add libiconv-1.9.2p3.tgz
> Can't install libiconv-1.9.2p3.tgz: lib not found c.39.3
> Even by looking in the dependency tree:
>
> Maybe it's in a dependent package, but not tagged with @lib ?
> (check with pkg_info -K -L)
> If you are still running 3.6 packages, update them.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> As expected the libc is c.40.0
>
> I assume that because of the imminent release of OpenBSD 4.0, the packages
> are not properly updated. But I cannot remember to have seen an
> announcement. It might very well be that I have missed it, as the signal
> to noise ration on this mailinglist has not been too good recently.
>
> Do I have to switch to using ports? Any other fix for the problem?
The mirror could be out of date; otherwise, yes, you'll want to go with
ports for a bit.
Joachim
