[oi-dev] How to get build-essential for older OS release.

[Marcel Telka]

On Wed, Nov 06, 2024 at 08:30:32AM -0500, Rob C. via oi-dev wrote:
> Just doing  "pkg install build-essential", I get the incorporation error:
> 
> pkg install: No matching version of metapackages/build-essential can be 
> installed:
> Reject:  pkg://openindiana.org/metapackages/build-essential@15-2024.0.0.0
> Reason:  This version is excluded by installed incorporation 
> consolidation/userland/userland-incorporation at 0.5.11-2022.0.0.17367
> 
> The pkg update allows build-essential to install but it also upgrades the 
> kernel to 2024. I need to support an older kernel.

Then there are only two (hard) ways I'm aware of how to get there:

1) build the old build-essential and all its dependencies yourself, or

2) ask somebody (primarily Andreas and/or Till) if they still keep the
ips repository backup from 2022.10 and they would be so kind to share it
with you.

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