Sylvain Saboua <sylvain.sab...@free.fr> wrote: > Le 2024-03-02 21:40, Todd C. Miller a écrit : > > 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 > > Really ? I don't remember having to do this when using > the -current back then.
Maybe read the reply. > > If so then shouldn't it feature in the second example > given in the upgrade.site manpage ? > https://man.openbsd.org/upgrade.site.5#EXAMPLES > > At least, I don't know how but the sysupgrade and pkg_add > eventually worked. No. They have both behaved strangely at release time, and problems like this will likely persist because we are terrified of introducing a logic which sneaks into a release, such that it accidentally downloads from the wrong place for everyone for 6 months.
