pkg_add fails b/c it can't find a dependency

[talos4]

Hi, all.

What does "minor is tool small" mean? And why doesn't pkg_add not notice the existing sqlite3 ?

# pkg_add racket-minimal
pkg_add racket-minimal
quirks-6.42 signed on 2022-12-02T20:18:53Z
Can't install racket-minimal-8.6p4 because of libraries
|library sqlite3.37.20 not found
| /usr/local/lib/libsqlite3.so.37.15 (sqlite3-3.38.3): minor is too small
Direct dependencies for racket-minimal-8.4p0->8.6p4 resolve to ossp-uuid-1.6.2p6 lz4-1.9.4 libiconv-1.17 mpfr-4.1.0 libffi-3.4.2 sqlite3-3.38.3
Full dependency tree is mpfr-4.1.0 sqlite3-3.38.3 ossp-uuid-1.6.2p6 libiconv-1.17 libffi-3.4.2 lz4-1.9.4 gmp-6.2.1p0
Couldn't find updates for racket-minimal-8.4p0
Couldn't install racket-minimal-8.6p4

# sqlite3 --version
sqlite3 --version
3.38.3 2022-04-27 12:03:15 9547e2c38a1c6f751a77d4d796894dec4dc5d8f5d79b1cd39e 1ffc50df7b3be4

# uname -a
uname -a
OpenBSD myhost 7.2 GENERIC.MP#2 amd64

Sorry if I've failed to provide more info or posted this in the wrong forum. This is the very first time I'm requesting support somewhere regarding an OS.

[jggimi]

Originally Posted by talos4

Hi, all.

What does "minor is tool small" mean? And why doesn't pkg_add not notice the existing sqlite3 ?

OpenBSD structures all libraries with a numbering system known as "major.minor". Minor updates are revisions to a library that can add functionality but do not otherwise disturb existing interfaces, while major updates do.

The version of racket-minimal you are trying to install was built with a higher revision of sqlite3 than you have installed. It requires version 37.20, and you have version 37.15 installed.

It looks to me like you are attempting to install a 7.2-release application package, *before* you have updated your previously installed packages to 7.2. Version 37.15 of sqlite3 was at 7.1-release. The 7.2 Upgrade Guide recommends updating your packages after you upgrade, where it said, "Finish up by upgrading the packages using pkg_add -u."

Sorry if I've failed to provide more info or posted this in the wrong forum. This is the very first time I'm requesting support somewhere regarding an OS.

No need to apologize, and there was enough info here for me to figure out what probably happened.

[talos4]

Thanks, jggimi!

[jggimi]

You're welcome. For clarity:

• These version numbers I mention are the library version numbers, not the package versions.
• For minor library numbers, a newer library can be used with older applications -- e.g.: sqlite3 library 37.20 can be used with an application built with 37.15. But not the other way around. The programmatic interfaces used in 37.15 are still valid with 37.20. However, an application built with 37.20 might attempt to use something new, that is not available with 37.15.