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.

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