NetBSD Problem Report #60032

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From: tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Subject: Out-of-date symlinks for macppc package directories
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>Number:         60032
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       Out-of-date symlinks for macppc package directories
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Feb 23 16:30:00 +0000 2026
>Last-Modified:  Tue Mar 03 21:30:02 +0000 2026
>Originator:     Tom Lane
>Release:        10.1
>Organization:
Snowflake
>Environment:
NetBSD g42.sss.pgh.pa.us 10.1 NetBSD 10.1 (GENERIC) #0: Mon Dec 16 13:08:11 UTC 2024  mkrepro@mkrepro.NetBSD.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/macppc/compile/GENERIC macppc

>Description:
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.  AFAICT from looking at

https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/powerpc/

both "10.0" and "10.1" are symlinks to 10.0_2025Q2, although later versions exist.  Looking at the adjacent x86_64 directory, "10.0" and "10.1" are symlinks to 10.0_2025Q4.  Shouldn't the macppc links have been updated similarly?

(I did not look to see if any other arches have been similarly neglected, but it'd be a good idea to do so.)
>How-To-Repeat:
1. Do "pkgin update; pkgin upgrade" on a macppc 10.1 machine.

2. Note that some packages are out of date.  The one that got my attention was p5-IPC-Run, which is still on its 20231003.0nb1 not  20250809.0 release.
>Fix:
I don't know how these symlinks are supposed to be maintained, so I have nothing very useful to offer.

>Audit-Trail:
From: Havard Eidnes <he@NetBSD.org>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@NetBSD.org
Cc: pkg-manager@netbsd.org, pkgsrc-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: pkg/60032: Out-of-date symlinks for macppc package directories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

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