Re: Packages problems with NetBSD 10.1

On Sat, Apr 25, 2026 at 02:11:46 -0500, Don Lee wrote:

> I poked around on the web and found suggestions to re-install the
> base files, which I tried. Unfortunately, the base files (for NetBSD
> 10.1) do not contain the libraries that the packages are
> demanding. I am now downloading 10.0, in hopes that I can find the
> files I need there.
> 
> My missing libraries are:
> 
> /usr/lib/libarchive.so.5, needed by pkg_install-20250417 is not present in this system.
[...]

I'm not sure what did you do wrong, but shl.mi blames:

1.942.2.7    (martin   05-Sep-23): ./usr/lib/libarchive.so.5  	  	  base-sys-shlib		compatfile
1.942.2.18   (martin   31-Oct-24): ./usr/lib/libarchive.so.5.1							base-sys-shlib		compatfile

and the tags are:

    netbsd-10-1-RELEASE: 1.942.2.18
    netbsd-10-0-RELEASE: 1.942.2.15

So libarchvive.5.so must be there in 10.1 (and 10.0).


postinstall obsolete gone wrong b/c of wrong sets or something?

Anyway, reinstalling 10.1 sets (plus etcupdate) should have brought
them back.

-uwe