On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 11:22:58AM +0800, Tito Mari Francis Escaño wrote: > Hi misc, > I recently installed 6.8 on VM then applied errata patches. > When I tried to install git, it complained that git is not in the > packages-stable folder, I was pleasantly surprised. The > /etc/installurl by default is http://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD, and > I got error 503 on the site. Checking the default URL indicates it may > be down, same goes for Cloudflare CDN, Verizon seems working alright. > When I changed /etc/installurl to where I used to get packages: > http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/OpenBSD, it worked as expected. > This raised the following questions: > Does this mean when we apply errata patches, we're now automatically > using stable release and need to use stable packages? > Is it advisable to keep the /etc/installurl automatically default to > http://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD or should users be advised to > select packages from package sources geographically near them? > Please advise. Thanks and keep up the great work. >
There are two packages that might help. dbip-city-lite dbip-country-lite If you find a good mirror, you can hard code the PKG_PATH export PKG_PATH=... it can use multiple servers separated by : Be sure to change it to 6.9 later! That's what I do when I have cdn problems. Avoid the OpenBSD source, if possible. Please use https. Some ISP's insert crap into http. Certs are free, why doesn't a trusted source not have one? IMHO, you really should run stable. Although you might look at the patches and decide not to. packages-stable may or may not have security fixes you need. syspatch often, but not always, needs a reboot. But it's your system, do as you please. A security patch might not be relevant to you. Chris Bennett
