Re: pkg/60032: Out-of-date symlinks for macppc package directories

The following reply was made to PR pkg/60032; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Havard Eidnes <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: Re: pkg/60032: Out-of-date symlinks for macppc package directories
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2026 22:25:22 +0100 (CET)

 > I wondered why my macppc machine was behind on some package
 > versions compared to an x86_64 machine, even though they are
 > both on netbsd 10.1 and "pkgin update" avers there is nothing
 > to do.  On investigation, it looks like the cause is sloppy
 > maintenance of the package repository.
 
 Well, that is one way of looking at it.
 
 Another is that apparently the mSATA drive in my 10.0 pkgsrc bulk
 build host (a PPC Mac Mini) wore out, and it's still sitting
 there waiting for me to "start from scratch" again (I have a new
 mSATA card, but have not yet collected the energy to act on it).
 
 Regards,
 
 - H=E5vard