Out of curiosity, what's wrong with the one that installer uses? -- Regards, Ville
On 24 September 2014 19:34, Alexander Hall <alexan...@beard.se> wrote: > 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.
