On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 11:19:50AM +0100, Jeffrey Joshua Rollin wrote: > No, it works fine with pkg_add, as I have repeatedly said, and a few months > ago I did have a problem where a trailing slash caused problems with > syspatch, which, without any pressure from me, I was informed would be fixed. > The issue may simply be one of consistency, but looks more likely to be an > error in the pkg_info script. > > So, to sum up: > > Pkg_add works; > Syspatch works; > Cloudflare was up last time I tried it; > Despite the above, pkg_info -Q does *not* work.
Try this: $ su -l root # echo 'https://fastly.cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/' > /etc/installurl # unset PKG_PATH # pkg_info -Q mate If fastly works, try with cloudflare again. BTW, we don't have a metapackage for mate. > > Jeff > > Sent from Blue > > On 15 Apr 2018, 03:26, at 03:26, Edgar Pettijohn <ed...@pettijohn-web.com> > wrote: > > > > > >On 04/14/18 19:34, Jeffrey Joshua Rollin wrote: > >> > >> > >> Sent from Blue <http://www.bluemail.me/r?b=12687> > >> On 15 Apr 2018, at 00:31, Edgar Pettijohn <ed...@pettijohn-web.com > >> <mailto:ed...@pettijohn-web.com>> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On 04/14/18 15:08, Jeffrey Joshua Rollin wrote: > >> > >> Hi, I've installed OpenBSD 6.3-release for amd64 on > >> virtualbox, and updated it with syspatch as of 20:40 UTC. > >> pkg_info -Q seems to be failing. Specifically, I tried $ > >> pkg_info -Q mate ...and also as root, to remind myself what > >> the metapackage is [I have a feeling it's just "mate" anyway] > >> [EDIT: Metapackages? maybe I'm thinking of FreeBSD]; but: > >> pkg_info -Q firefox also fails, despite the fact I just > >> successfully installed Firefox. The relevant error is as > >> follows: Redirected to > >> > >https://cloudflare.cdn.openbsd/org/pub/OpenBSD/6.3/packages-stable/amd64 > >> > >> > >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >Your PKG_PATH appears to have a couple of errors. > > > >https://cloudflare.cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.3/packages/amd64 > > > >and I can't remember but it may need to end with a `/' > >> > >> Can't locate object method "syslog" via package > >> "OpenBSD::PkgInfo::State" at > >> /usr/libdata/perl5/OpenBSD/PackageRepository.pm > >> <http://PackageRepository.pm> line 302, <$fh> line 3. Thanks, > >> Jeff. > >> > >> edgar:7$ pkg_info -Q mate > >> checkmate-0.21 > >> libmatekbd-1.20.0 > >> libmatemixer-1.20.0 > >> libmateweather-1.20.0 > >> mate-calc-1.20.0 > >> mate-control-center-1.20.0 > >> mate-desktop-1.20.0 > >> mate-icon-theme-1.20.0 > >> mate-media-1.20.0 > >> mate-menus-1.20.0 > >> mate-notification-daemon-1.20.0 > >> mate-panel-1.20.0 > >> mate-power-manager-1.20.0 > >> mate-screensaver-1.20.0 > >> mate-session-manager-1.20.0 > >> mate-settings-daemon-1.20.0 > >> mate-terminal-1.20.0 > >> mate-themes-3.22.15 > >> mate-utils-1.20.0 > >> sslmate-1.5.1p1 > >> tmate-2.2.1p0 > >> > >> I suspect its because > >> > >> > >https://cloudflare.cdn.openbsd/org/pub/OpenBSD/6.3/packages-stable/amd64 > >> > >> doesn't exist or is down. > >> > >> It exists, and is unlikely to be a transient error, > >> > >> because I tried it several times, and as I said, was able > >> > >> to download software even though I couldn't query it. > >> > >> (I subsequently found a YouTube tutorial which listed > >> > >> most of the packages in your message.) > >> > >> I will try again, and/or with a different mirror in > >> > >> the morning. > >> > >> Jeff > >> -- Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado http://juanfra.info
