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List:       netbsd-port-alpha
Subject:    Re: NetBSD/alpha on qemu-system-alpha
From:       Remy van Elst <relst () relst ! nl>
Date:       2021-08-20 10:45:40
Message-ID: 97373c93-3e37-b21f-debe-22dba1a32cfc () relst ! nl
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Op 20-08-2021 om 07:32 schreef john@ziaspace.com:
> Hi,
> 
>> Compliments for how great it works, I think its awesome! I have a few 
>> questions though:
> 
> Thank you for your writeup! We can address one thing quickly:
> 
>> - pkgin fails to update with an error (pkgin: Short read of 
>> pkg_summary: truncated bzip2 input), which, as far as I can find out 
>> (port-sparc list), is not something I can fix, but has to be 
>> "regenerated"? I'm now using pkg_add and source compilation via 
>> pkgsrc, which works fine as well.
> 
> I see that packages are still pulling from 2021Q1, not 2021Q2, and that 
> the pkg_summary.bz2 is a bit smaller than expected, so I fixed that. Old:
> 
> -rw-rw-r--  1 jklos  netbsd  1245184 Jun 26 03:47 pkg_summary.bz2
> -rw-rw-r--  1 jklos  netbsd  4525806 Jun 26 03:47 pkg_summary.gz
> 
> New:
> 
> -rw-rw-r--  1 jklos  netbsd  3067952 Aug 20 05:29 pkg_summary.bz2
> -rw-rw-r--  1 jklos  netbsd  4525806 Jun 26 03:47 pkg_summary.gz
> 
> Please test! Also, it's safe to switch to 2021Q2, so the symlink will be 
> updated presently on the server.
> 
> Thanks for all your hard work!
> 
> John

Hi John,

After your email I was able to use pkgin update!

Output:

netbsd# pkgin update
reading local summary...
processing local summary...
processing remote summary 
(https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/alpha/9.0/All)...
pkg_summary.bz2 
                           100% 2981KB  96.2KB/s   00:31


netbsd# pkgin avail | head
0verkill-0.16nb1     0verkill is bloody 2D action deathmatch-like game 
in ASCII-ART
2048-cli-0.9.1       The game 2048 for your Unix terminal
2bwm-0.3             Fast floating WM written over the XCB library and 
derived from mcwm
2vcard-0.6nb2        Convert an addressbook to the popular VCARD file format
3ddesktop-0.2.9nb13  3D Virtual Desktop Switcher
3proxy-0.8.11        Multi-protocol proxy
4stAttack-2.1.4nb20  Game in which you have to try to out-smart your 
opponent
6tunnel-0.13         Tunnelling for applications that don't speak IPv6
7kaa-2.15.4p1nb2     Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries
7kaa-music-2.15      Music files for use with 7KAA



Thank you! I'll update my guide accordingly.

Cheers,
Remy
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