Gary Mills wrote: >> Gary Mills wrote: >>>> Gary Mills wrote: >>>>> pkg.depotd: repository configuration error: >>>> publisher.prefix is required. >>>>> Please use the --set-property option to provide a >>>> value, or update the cfg_cache file for the >>>> repository to correct this. >>>> >>>> However, the properties are documented for the >> moment >>>> in the pkg.depotd >>>> man page, and you can easily edit the cfg_cache >> file >>>> or manually start >>>> the depot server with the necessary options to set >>>> the configuration. >>> Except that you can't edit the cfg_cache file >> because >>> the server won't create it until after the >> publisher prefix >>> is set. It's a catch 22 situation. Admins >> shouldn't have >>> to start the server manually. >> Ah, if you're creating a new repository, then you can >> use pkgsend to do >> this: >> >> pkgsend -s file:///path/to/repo create-repository >> --set-property >> publisher.prefix=foo > > Except that it won't work because the server won't start. > Catch 22 again!
No, that will work. That's why it's *create-repository*. Please read the man page. There's no catch 22 here. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker
