Re: pkg_info fails for non-installed packages when PKG_CACHE is set to a directory the current user can't write to

Hi Lari/Marc/all,

On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 00:21:08 +0200 Lari Rasku wrote:
> Oh, it's a ports tree mechanism? I only use packages, so I've been
> using it for a fast reinstall/lookup cache in case I come to second
> thoughts about some package:

Likewise, I have:

$ printenv | fgrep PKG_
PKG_CACHE=/var/cache/pkg
PKG_PATH=$PKG_CACHE:http://mirror.....

/var/cache/pkg/ is group writable by wheel, so unpriv sysadmins can
do pkg_add -n to download & cache items, for root to install later.

I thought the cache was to reduce remote package server/network load.

Cheers,
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