Post #4020173

2026-07-22 21:53 UTC

@jperkin@federate.me.uk My first PR for #NetBSD -- feeling very proud of myself: Thank you very much for your problem report. It has the internal identification `pkg/60480'. The individual assigned to look at your report is: pkg-manager. > Category: pkg > Responsible: pkg-manager > Synopsis: Multiple packages fail install with pkgin on NetBSD 11.0 RC6 > Arrival-Date: Wed Jul 22 21:50:00 +0000 2026 And just as I was completing it, I was able to install emacs with any issue... 🤦‍♂️

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@AnachronistJohn@zia.io 2026-07-22 23:57

@ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org @jperkin@federate.me.uk If you don’t mind a recommendation for next time, a little extra information in the PR would be helpful. I have an idea about what you mean from this thread, but reading that without knowing about this thread would leave me a bit confused. For instance, pasting an example or two of the messages you got would be good. I’m not a fan of Fastly. Sometimes we have issues like these, and sometimes fetching just hangs forever. Some source repositories use Fastly, which means I can’t leave bulk building machines to run without occasional hangups, so they need timeouts. Also, I can’t report issues to Fastly as an end user, and upstream doesn’t often care enough to report issues. It’s a real PITA.

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