On September 24, 2014 6:09:04 PM CEST, openda...@hushmail.com wrote: >> Indeed, the installer only creates that if you install from a >mirror. Apart from that, as someone else pointed out, which mirror >should one choose? > >Cool, I didn't know that. > >Then, in the event that someone installed via an ISO or some >pre-defined VM (ie. a DigitalOcean droplets) -- how about a one-time >script upon first root login to ask for such info? > > You do not have a `PKG_PATH` set for `pkg_add`. Would you like us to >set it for you? (Y/n) y > > Choose your nearest mirror: > > 1. Continent > 2. Whatever > 3. ... > > There is currently no ports collection in `/usr/ports`. Would you >like us to get it for you? (Y/n)
I can't speak for others, but I'd be terribly annoyed by this. Also, the script isn't trivial. Feel free to give it a go, share and use it for your own sake, but I'd be surprised to see it go in. /Alexander > >Thanks! > >O.D. > >On 24. september 2014 at 1:05 PM, "Alexander Hall" wrote:On September >24, 2014 12:44:14 PM CEST, openda...@hushmail.com wrote: >>> Because /etc/pkg.conf ? >> >>Sorry, no such file over here. > >Indeed, the installer only creates that if you install from a mirror. >Apart from that, as someone else pointed out, which mirror should one >choose? > >/Alexander > >> >>O.D. >> >>On 23. september 2014 at 1:47 PM, "Alexander Hall" wrote:On >September >>23, 2014 3:00:41 PM CEST, openda...@hushmail.com wrote: >>>Hi, >>> >>>Expanding on the whole >>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_over_configuration thing -- >>>why aren't there any sane PKG_PATH defaults? Ie.: >>> >>>release=$(uname -r) >>>architecture=$(uname -p) >>> >>>export >>>PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/${release}/packages/${architecture}/ >> >>Because /etc/pkg.conf ? >> >>/Alexander >> >>> >>>Thanks! >>> >>>O.D.
