One point of information, I'm pretty sure I'm wrong in what I said here:
> Keep installurl set to the snapshots directory of the mirror.
Not only does that not make sense, but if you installed via http that
shouldn't need to be changed while using the snapshot. The -Dsnap flag
should be all you need for pkg_{info,add}.
On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 9:47 AM, eelco van der vlugt <[email protected]> wrote:
> thank you for your kind support. I notice that i should have better
> read the man pages and also see that in recent other thread these
> options have been raised too.
>
> Again, my humble thanks to this awsome community.
>
> eelco
>
> On 10/7/17, Dave Voutila <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Make sure you’re using the -Dsnap flag on pkg_add and pkg_info. Keep
>> installurl set to the snapshots directory of the mirror.
>>
>>> On Oct 7, 2017, at 9:10 AM, eelco van der vlugt <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I installed today via usb the latest snapshot > 2017-Oct-04 03:45 from
>>> leaseweb.
>>> When setting up I chose disk as install medium, so have no installurl
>>> set up at the beginning.
>>>
>>> Now i am trying to set up installurl so i can get latest packages.
>>>
>>> I have tried following in installurl >
>>>
>>> 1 https://ftp.eu.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/
>>> 2 https://ftp.eu.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snaphots
>>> 3 https://ftp.eu.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/packages/amd64
>>>
>>> and also with other mirrors, i always get same responces in the form that
>>>
>>> https://ftp.eu.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.2/amd64/ is not found
>>>
>>> So even when i use the installurl to point into right path, the path
>>> is being changed into 6.2 and the rest.
>>>
>>> Can anyone explain to me what i am doing wrong and how i am supposed
>>> to get with pkg_add packages on my new install,
>>>
>>> thanks for understanding maybe this simple question for some person
>>> with more experience in openbsd management.
>>>
>>> eelco
>>>
>>
