On Sat, 02 Mar 2024 21:26:23 +0100, Sylvain Saboua wrote: > This works to retrieve and install/update packages as > expected, but I don't get why it should be necessary > since I am not running a release kernel. Or am I ? > > $uname -a > OpenBSD lap.saboua.xyz 7.5 GENERIC.MP#44 amd64
Because there is no -current or -beta suffix in the kernel version pkg_add doesn't know to use the snapshots directory. That is why you need to use -Dsnap. This happens at the end of every release cycle before the final packages are built. - todd