Saturday, December 09, 2023

Re: pkg_add - error while reading header / read short file / gzheader truncated

On 2023/12/08 15:40, David Rinehart wrote:
> On Fri, 2023-12-08 at 08:37 +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> > On 2023-12-07, David Rinehart <wdaver@cox.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > I see the same with multiple installs - Started with 7.4.  No
> > > modification to default installurl.
> >
> > The contents of the 'default' installurl depend on whuch mirror you
> > selected to install from.
> >
>
> I select "disk" for file sets and do not recall selecting a mirror. I
> believe this puts https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD in the file.
>
> The issue may have started before 7.4, but was not seen at 7.3 release
> timeframe.
>
> After giving it more thought, I believe I started seeing errors on
> package installation before 7.4 release. I figured it was a web site
> issue because I'm running -stable and no patches seemed related (so
> more likely an external issue). Then, the errors were familiar when I
> did reinstalls with 7.4. The errors are temporary and the package
> installations will complete if run again, or maybe a couple times.
>
> Thanks, for the reply and any help!

I suggest trying a mirror instead then, and see if there's any
difference. Pick one from www.openbsd.org/ftp.html.

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