I see the same with multiple installs - Started with 7.4. No modification to default installurl.
It is amazing - For 5 years, I never considered that pkg_add(1) could fail (and it didn't)! Updating my install scripts to try until the last package add, with -l option, is confirmed. A little concerned that a package could be partially installed / marked manual and not work (I think this has happened and I restarted from scratch). On Thu, 2023-12-07 at 00:07 -0800, Joe B wrote: > Hello Misc, > > I am configuring a couple of laptops for my kids, i had installed 70 > with > i3 and gcompris in them, its been a while since the last update so i > decided to make a fresh install. > > So I installed 74 in both of them, used the autoinstall so the > process was > straightforward as always, rebooted, hw_update, syspatch, everything > as > expected. > > The problem comes when trying to install a package, i am trying just > to of > them: feh and gcompris, in both laptops, and i get the following > errors, > they are several since i do a few tries and then the problem goes and > comes > at different packages > > pkg_add: Ustar [package name, it is different every try, meaning > lcms2-2.15.tgz, gstreamer, libass-] [?]: Error while reading header > https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.4/packages/amd64/lame-3.100p1.tgz > : > Read short file > > My configuration are: > 1 laptop, re0, trying pkg_add feh > 1 laptop, iwn0, trying pkg_add gcompris > > both with the same results, maybe i should try in another LAN, but > could it > be a problem with the CDN server ? > > Thank you for your time, > > -- Manuel Solis > > > > > > Hello, > > I'm new to openBSD about 3 days old. and I ran into the same issue as > you. I would > > pkg_add something and I kept getting the header message. someone on > IRC helped me > > Simple. change the cdn to another mirror > > look at https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#Mirror > > Basically You find a mirror probably ftp like I did go to vim or nano > /etc/installurl > > delete the cdn add another mirror and re-run the pkg_add you might > need to pkg_delete > > the partial and then re-run. pkg_add After all that you might need > pkg_add -u to see if the new mirror > > fixes all the other partials > > > Hope this helps > > > ~ Joe B
