Hello misc@, Running OpenBSD 3.9 -RELEASE.
I am getting a strange error with pkg_add. It's not fatal but I know I should be able to do this and have never been able to figure out what's wrong. I have found very little else about this on the web (only 3 pages, and all in german at that). I have a feeling, though, that whatever I'm doing is very obvious; please tell me what it is, though. First I set my PKG_PATH and try to install a package with just it's name and get the error in the subject. That doesn't work so I try with the version number appended and get a different error. That doesn't work so I try with .tgz and get the same result. # PKG_PATH=ftp://mirror.arcticnetwork.ca/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/packages/i386/ (I have also tried this with ftp.openbsd.org) # pkg_add -iv ratpoison No packages available in the PKG_PATH Can't resolve ratpoision # pkg_add -iv ratpoison-1.3.0p1 Can't find ratpoison-1.3.0p1 /usr/sbin/pkg_add: ratpoison-1.3.0p1:Fatal error # pkg_add -iv ratpoison-1.3.0p1.tgz Can't find ratpoison-1.3.0p1.tgz /usr/sbin/pkg_add: ratpoison-1.3.0p1.tgz:Fatal error # selfdestruct ksh: selfdestruct: not found # :( This form also causes the error: # pkg_add -iv $PKG_PATH/ratpoison If I do it 'manually' though, it works, even being able to pull in dependencies from the PKG_PATH if need be. (both of these work:) # pkg_add -iv $PKG_PATH/ratpoison-1.3.0p1 # pkg_add -iv $PKG_PATH/ratpoison-1.3.0p1.tgz The code that prints the error seems to be this: sub available_stems { my $state = shift; my @avail = OpenBSD::PackageLocator::available(); if (@avail == 0) { Warn "No packages available in the PKG_PATH\n"; } unless ($state->{forced}->{allversions}) { @avail = OpenBSD::PackageName::keep_most_recent(@avail); } return OpenBSD::PackageName::compile_stemlist(@avail); } By the way, for the record and the mirrors page, mirror.arcticnetwork.ca is also accessible via HTTP. (also: VMWare for the win) Thanks in advance -Nick
