Hi!
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 03:48:18PM +0100, Axel Keuchel wrote:
>[...]
>> > This is the next mirror to my hometown.
>> >
>> > After that I have logged out and in again and I have set a .Xdefaults with
>> > "XTerm*loginShell: true".
>> >
>> > But when I try to add a package this happens:
>> >
>> > # pkg_add -i fluxbox /{just an example!}/
>> ^
>> > Can't resolve fluxbox
>> Did you really set PKG_PATH for root? What does these show:
>> # echo $PKG_PATH
>> or
>> $ sudo echo $PKG_PATH
>No, I didn't set PKG_PATH for root. I set it in /home/<user>/.profile. I
>thought this is meant by FAQ 15.2.2
>(http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#PkgMgmt).
>In fact it is not my first time with OpenBSD. And up to now, it always worked
>for me this way. And with a different mirror it does work today.
Depending on how you become root, the environment might be scrubbed. So
just be sure and *check* it.
>[...]
Of course, the other possibility might be that the mirror might
implement some FTP commands pkg_add needs differently or not at all.
Kind regards,
Hannah.
