Martin Pelikan wrote: > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 06:16:59PM +0100, Francois Pussault wrote: >> I use this : >> # echo $PKG_PATH >> ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.0/packages/sparc64/ > > > In case someone googles that and would think it's a good idea to set the > variable like so, here's a better alternative: > > echo 'export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.XX.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/`uname > -r`/packages/`uname -m`/' >> ~/.profile > > for -release and -stable, or > > echo 'export > PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.XX.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/packages/`uname > -m`/' >> ~/.profile > > for guess what? -current of course! Even that your -current might not be > exactly the same one these packages were built on. >
I was advised some time ago that using `uname -m` is wrong: (`arch -s` should be a better choice) http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=131694698627338&w=2
