Re: packages failure (was dsniff ports failure), remote package install is terrible

2006-08-26 Thread Nick Guenther
On 8/26/06, Edward Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You could try a different mirror... there's lots: http://www.openbsd.org/ftp.html Or if you really care so much you could donate enough money that they can improve their bandwidth once and for all. Anyway, it's probably not the bandwidth that's

Re: packages failure (was dsniff ports failure), remote package install is terrible

2006-08-26 Thread Joachim Schipper
On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 01:16:13PM -0700, Edward Ray wrote: > the partial- package it told you that it installed above. > and try again. > > What is really wrong is that the "pkg_add whateverpackage" hangs in the > middle of the ftp download. I usually wait 6-8 hours before cancelling it. > I a

Re: packages failure (was dsniff ports failure), remote package install is terrible

2006-08-26 Thread Matthias Kilian
On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 01:16:13PM -0700, Edward Ray wrote: > I am on a cable modem connection so there is no problem with speed; I > believe bandwidth constriction at the ftp.openbsd.org site is the problem. I don't think so, since after Marks complaint about us users not testing packages I actua

Re: packages failure (was dsniff ports failure), remote package install is terrible

2006-08-26 Thread John Brooks
Try coming at it from a different direction. Manually ftp the package down to your local machine first. Then run pkg_add against the copy on the local machine. -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] > What is really wrong is that the "pkg_add whateverpackage" hangs in the > middle of the ftp download

Re: packages failure (was dsniff ports failure), remote package install is terrible

2006-08-26 Thread Edward Ray
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Re: packages failure (was dsniff ports failure)

2006-08-24 Thread Will Maier
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 01:44:04PM -0700, Edward Ray wrote: [...] > >> > # export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/packages/i386/ > > # pkg_add bash-3.1.1p0.tgz > Error from ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/packages/i386/: > Unknown command. > Not an

Re: packages failure (was dsniff ports failure)

2006-08-24 Thread Edward Ray
This is annoying. Every time I try to build with packages I get an error with libiconv-1.9.2p3 . Unfortunately, this failure screws up every other package I try to install >> # export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/packages/i386/ # pkg_add bash-3.1.