On 2016/02/02 19:48, Raf Czlonka wrote: > On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 07:28:43PM GMT, Joerg Jung wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 03:40:17PM +0000, Raf Czlonka wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Given that PKG_PATH and pkg.conf(5)'s installpath, now supports %c, %a, > > > etc. sequences, it might be worth advertising it a bit more by changing > > > all relevant uname(1), arch(1)/machine(1) occurrences or (hard-coded > > > release versions or hardware architectures for that matter) in the > > > documentation. > > > > > > While there, I have also taken the liberty of changing ftp.openbsd.org > > > to your.local.mirror and ftp to http in packages(7) to keep it > > > consistent with other examples. > > > > > > Main benefits: > > > - as the sequences themselves - not need to hard-code the values > > > - no need to run uname, arch/machine is sub-shells any more > > > - short and sweet > > > > While I like the reduction below, it seems with upcoming release this > > can be further shortened [1]. So might make sense to update the diff > > below? > > > > [1] http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=145415350609473&w=2 > > Hi Joerg, > > I'm not following openbsd-cvs@ at the moment so thanks for bringing this > to my attention. > > However, given that the FAQ is for -release/-stable, and it is still 4 > months until the next one, this change only affects packages(7) for now. > Updated diff below - I'll send a revised one when 5.9 gets released in > order to update the FAQ. > > Personally, I'd prefer to use a RFC 2606 compliant domain in all of the > relevant places but, until IANA reserves .mirror as TLD, I'm not that > bothered :^)
> Regards, > > Raf > > Index: share/man/man7/packages.7 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man7/packages.7,v > retrieving revision 1.40 > diff -u -p -r1.40 packages.7 > --- share/man/man7/packages.7 24 Oct 2015 08:44:49 -0000 1.40 > +++ share/man/man7/packages.7 11 Jan 2016 14:26:49 -0000 > @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ are supported: pointing > .Ev PKG_PATH > to a distant package repository, e.g., > .Bd -literal -offset 1n > -# export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.2/packages/i386/ > +# export PKG_PATH=http://your.local.mirror/ I don't like this "your.local.mirror" at all.. Would it be so bad to keep using ftp.openbsd.org here but change it to http://? In any event it needs to be either more or less than just http://hostname/. I'd sooner keep the path for now as there are still some mirrors with odd paths.
