One think that could be done without hammering servers when you install from CD would be to add a question to the install script :
Would you like to define the PKG PATH ? : - [1] : propose mirrors based on the timezone given (and then provide a menu and you just have to select the proxy) - [2] : manually define PKG PATH (type the string, could even check if the path seems valid) - [3] : nope thanks But would it really help much ? Romain -----Message d'origine----- De : owner-m...@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-m...@openbsd.org] De la part de Alexander Hall Envoyé : mercredi 24 septembre 2014 23:20 À : Ville Valkonen Cc : PPC Miscellaneous Discussions Objet : Re: Why are there no PKG_PATH defaults? On 09/24/14 23:09, Ville Valkonen wrote: > Out of curiosity, what's wrong with the one that installer uses? Nothing, however the installer only cares about a mirror if you actually install from one of them. If you install from e.g. CD, you don't have a selected mirror. If you do install or upgrade (I'm pretty sure) from a mirror, /etc/pkg.conf will be updated accordingly. /Alexander > > -- > 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/${release}/packages/${a >>>>> rchitecture}/ >>>> >>>> Because /etc/pkg.conf ? >>>> >>>> /Alexander >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> O.D.
