On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 08:41:44PM +0100, frantisek holop wrote: > hmm, on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 02:56:49AM +0000, Jacob Meuser said that > > > "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. URL schemes such as FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, or SCP are also > > > appropriate." > > later man pages go like this: > > If the given package names are not found in the current working directo- > ry, pkg_add will search for them in each directory named by the PKG_PATH > environment variable. Specifying `-' as a package name causes pkg_add to > read from the standard input. > > i think this is inaccurate... the current working directory is never > searched unless the package name starts with './' or PKG_PATH contains '.': > > not working: > > $ echo $PKG_PATH > > $ ls > autossh-1.3.tgz > $ sudo pkg_add autossh-1.3.tgz > Can't find autossh-1.3.tgz > Can't call method "grabPlist" on an undefined value at > /usr/libdata/perl5/OpenBSD/Handle.pm line 154.
works for me with Oct 22 snap on i386. that file (Handle.pm) is relatively new. what version do you have? -- jake...@sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
