Re: pkg_add can't resolve package - bad major

[Marc Espie]

On Sun, May 03, 2020 at 12:58:41PM -0400, Chris Bennett wrote:
> I have had this exact same problem before
> 
> pkg_info -q > packages_installed
> pkg_delete gettext.
> pkg_add gettext-runtime
> pkg_add -u
> pkg_add -zl packages_installed
> 
Update your procedures, use pkg_info -z and not pkg_add -z.
It's been there for ages.