Re: PKG_PATH question !
Thanks for the appointment.! Regards. --- Philip Guenther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Francisco Valladolid Hdez. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can have more than IP address appointed to PKG_PATH ? PKG_PATH can't contain IP addresses except as part of URLs. It can contain entries that aren't URLs. some times I have packages grabbed in my HD sometimes I have to install from ftp. It's possible do it: export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.some; /usr/ports/packages/ You obviously didn't actually try typing that, because you would have gotten an error from the shell: semicolon is a special character to the shell and needs to be quoted to include in a variable value. However, semicolon is the wrong character for PKG_PATH! Please inform the author of the documentation that you got that from that it's wrong and needs to be corrected. Since pkg_add is the command that uses PKG_PATH, did you consider reading the pkg_add(1) manpage to see what it says about it? (If not, please do so in the future: OpenBSD actually documents stuff in manpages!) PKG_PATH If a given package name cannot be found, the directories named by PKG_PATH are searched. It should contain a series of entries separated by colons. Each entry consists of a directory name, ending in a slash. URL schemes such as FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, or SCP are also appropriate. The current di- rectory may be indicated implicitly by an empty directory name, or explicitly by a single period (`./'). So: export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.some/:/usr/ports/packages/ Philip Guenther --- Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! - 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) --- Francisco Valladolid Hdez. http://blog.bsdguy.net - http://flickr.com/photos/sigueme/
PKG_PATH question !
Hi. Can have more than IP address appointed to PKG_PATH ? some times I have packages grabbed in my HD sometimes I have to install from ftp. It's possible do it: export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.some; /usr/ports/packages/ Regards. --- Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! - 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) --- Francisco Valladolid Hdez. http://blog.bsdguy.net - http://flickr.com/photos/sigueme/
Re: PKG_PATH question !
On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Francisco Valladolid Hdez. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can have more than IP address appointed to PKG_PATH ? PKG_PATH can't contain IP addresses except as part of URLs. It can contain entries that aren't URLs. some times I have packages grabbed in my HD sometimes I have to install from ftp. It's possible do it: export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.some; /usr/ports/packages/ You obviously didn't actually try typing that, because you would have gotten an error from the shell: semicolon is a special character to the shell and needs to be quoted to include in a variable value. However, semicolon is the wrong character for PKG_PATH! Please inform the author of the documentation that you got that from that it's wrong and needs to be corrected. Since pkg_add is the command that uses PKG_PATH, did you consider reading the pkg_add(1) manpage to see what it says about it? (If not, please do so in the future: OpenBSD actually documents stuff in manpages!) PKG_PATH If a given package name cannot be found, the directories named by PKG_PATH are searched. It should contain a series of entries separated by colons. Each entry consists of a directory name, ending in a slash. URL schemes such as FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, or SCP are also appropriate. The current di- rectory may be indicated implicitly by an empty directory name, or explicitly by a single period (`./'). So: export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.some/:/usr/ports/packages/ Philip Guenther
