Wednesday, September 27, 2017

regarding the default path for pkg_add in -current

Hello Folks !!

Regarding GENERIC.MP #115

I have a feeling you are about to roll into 6.2, however I just want
to bring the following to your attention in case it matters.

I just did a clean install of -current using the bsd.rd dated
2017-09-27. Within the install sequence of questions, the default
download path has been hardcoded to ../6.2/... as opposed to
../snapshots/..

I manually changed it to ../snapshots/ and it installed as expected.

Also, after login, pkg_add is very determined to use to the same
../6.2/.. directory path. For the benefit of others who might find
themselves in the same spot, the workaround is to use the full path
while using pkg_add. In my case, it is:

$ doas pkg_add \
https://ftp3.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64/pkgname

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It looks like another great release is around the corner and as
always I want to take the opportunity to thank Theo for his
dedicated leadership and to all the past and present devs who make
OpenBSD so special. Cheers !!!

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