Thanks for all.

On 10/30/07, Stuart Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2007/10/30 22:33, Joco Salvatti wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have the OpenBSD 4.2 snapshot installed, and everything is working
> > fine. But when installing gimp-2.2.17, pkg_add has returned the
> > following error message:
> >
> > Can't install gimp-2.2.17 : lib not found  expat.9.0
> >
> > Using locate I've found:
> >
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/libexpat.so.8.0
> >
> > Has anyone ever faced this problem before? I've already searched the
> > web but I could not find a tip on how to solve this issue.
>
> The quick/no-dwonloading answer: build your own packages from the ports
> tree.
>
> You're using a package snapshot newer than the OS snapshot you have
> installed. (-current package snaps are always going to trail OS snaps
> by a bit, currently something around a few days -> a week on the faster
> arch i.e. i386/amd64/sparc64, more on slower arch, so you should have
> time to update your OS before the package snaps need a newer OS
> installed).
>
> -current works well, but it *is* a moving target, and most developers
> have limited time which doesn't allow for much hand-holding there. If
you're
> following development code, please follow as an absolute minimum the
> website (faq/current.html), and really you should also be reading tech@
> and source-changes@ (maybe OWC as an alternative) and also ports@
> and ports-changes@ if you're interested in ports/packages to get an
> idea of what's going on.
>
>


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Joco Salvatti
Undergraduating in Computer Science
Federal University of Para - UFPA
web: http://www.openbsd-pa.org
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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