On 2017/05/15 21:23, Ajitabh Pandey wrote: > Stuart, > > On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 9:36 PM, Stuart Henderson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 2017-05-11, Ajitabh Pandey <[email protected]> wrote: > > I got a similar message when I try to install python, but upong > > investigating I realise that python was already installed - > perhaps as a > > pre-requisite for glib2. I am not using PKG_PATH, rather I use > > /etc/installurl for specifying a list of my mirrors (man > installurl(5) for > > details) > > /etc/installurl is for specifying a *single* mirror, not a list. As > the > manual says, "The /etc/installurl file contains a single line > specifying > an OpenBSD mirror..." > > > Thanks for pointing that out. Although I am not sure if having multiple > mirrors in that file will cause an issue or the utilities using the > installurl will ignore all lines but the first one. I have now > commented all the other mirrors in my /etc/installurl file.
What actually happens at present is that it uses the first line for pkg_add, the last line for syspatch. But it's unspecified so don't rely on that :) btw, generally ftp.openbsd.org is not the best choice - for almost all users one of the other mirrors will work better. > > $ doas pkg_add python-2.7.13p0 > > quirks-2.304 signed on 2017-04-02T15:01:33Z > > https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.1/packages-stable/amd64/ > python-2.7.13p0.tgz: > > ftp: Error retrieving file: 404 Not Found > > signify: gzheader truncated > > Error text could be improved, but this error is occurring because > you > have specified a full package name including version, and that > doesn't > exist (in 6.1, it's 2.7.13p1). > > > Interesting, so when I do the following on my box, I do not see the > 2.7.13p1 there. See below - Hmm - I think I must have been looking at /snapshots/ instead of 6.1, though I was sure I wasn't... > Yep, I did that exactly. When I was choosing from the list then I was > just getting the prompt back. That suggests that the package was already installed..
