pkg_add don't understand stems anymore! SOLVED

[Frank Bax]

I did not say PKG_PATH must be set.  It does not.

pkg_add DOES work when PKG_PATH is not set; it will look in the current 
directory for packages.  When installing packages from the cdrom you 
purchased, there is no need to set PKG_PATH if you "cd" into the 
appropriate directory first.

PKG_PATH does NOT need to be a remote site.  If you manually download 
packages with wget or lynx; then you can point PKG_PATH to this 
directory and install packages from there.

pkg_add DOES understand stems.  If you download several packages 
manually; then set PKG_PATH to the directory you used; "pkg_add *" will 
install all packages in that directory.




macintoshzoom wrote:
> Hi Frank, Marc, all,
> 
> SOLVED!:
> The problem was:
> 
> 1-You say that a PKG_PATH must be set, as there is no default one. OK
> Anyway, I tested with and without PKG_PATH.
> 
> 2-I am testing a FETCH_CMD using wget, which it seems it don't 
> understand "stems" as yes ftp does (the default OpenBSD fetcher).
> So for pkg_add via wget I have to specify the package name including 
> extension (must test more about this):
> 
> # pkg_add -v -i bmp-0.9.7p13.tgz
> blahblah
> bmp-0.9.7p13: complete
> #
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> May be I got confused by pbrowser which yes, if you don't start it with 
> the command -p "PKG_PATH" (or setup the path from its Edit>Package Path 
> menu) it fetch everything from OpenBSD.org by default, a clever option 
> for newbies.
> 
> So, if I don't specify somewhere the PKG_PATH, pkg_add and probably also 
> make will not work!
> 
> This is why pkg_add didn't understand stems.
> 
> BUT this way a newly installed OpenBSD would not be able to install 
> anything till the new user finds how to and set-up a PKG_PATH.
> An added pain for new users.
> Why not a preset OpenBSD.org PKG_PATH?
> To minimize and distribute traffic so individual servers are under less 
> strain fetching could be done via an automated mirror's load balancer 
> system, a metalink system http://www.metalinker.org/ or similar else.
> 
> Mac
> 
> 
> Frank Bax wrote:
>> macintoshzoom wrote:
>>> After updating to OpenBSD 4.4-current (GENERIC.MP), rebuilt userland, 
>>> I am preparing my attack to the updating of my installed packages and 
>>> ports.
>>>
>>> I got an issue probably related to syntax or eventually to my 
>>> sophisticated experimental proxy environment (everything via tor).
>>>
>>> I tested also doing # export PKG_PATH= <empty> , just to let the 
>>> system to check for the OpenBSD.org proper site if in need to verify 
>>> or fetch something.
>>>
>>> # pkg_add kdelibs
>>> Can't resolve kdelibs
>>> #
>>>
>>> What could be wrong?
>>
>>
>>
>> Where did you get the idea that PKG_PATH=<empty> will search 
>> openbsd.org?  It does not.
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