All right, I've got it. I didn't want to mix different releases, I just wanted to know why a OpenBSD 3.6 package didn't run under OpenBSD 3.7. I understand that a module cannot be loaded due to structural kernel changes, but a package is not so significant!! But I think excellent the way OpenBSD releases are distributed. I just wanted to get some clarifications about it.
You might want to spend some time perusing the excellent online documentation.
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade37.html
Packages are built against the system version designated - e.g. 3.6 is built against 3.6 RELEASE, the same with 3.7. There IS a chance that packages will work against a different release, *IF* there are no structural, installation, or dependency changes, but in the normal world that chance is slim to none.
With so many variables involved, it's FAR simpler to stick with the versions as intended.
HTH,
Lee
