> Did you specify the -r flag? Without that, the PACKAGESITE > environment variable is note used ...
No, I didn't, because -- unless I am misunderstanding the description of the -r flag -- that will cause pkg_add to look *only* on the FTP site. I want it to use packages that have already been downloaded, and use the FTP site only when a needed package is not available locally. I'm trying to install an already-downloaded 10MB package which has quite a few dependencies, several of which were already fetched during a previous attempt. IOW I want the equivalent of specifying the current directory, followed by the FTP site, in PKG_PATH; but the colon in the URL messes that up by looking like a pathname separator. If I tried something like setenv PKG_PATH .:ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7-stable/All/ it would look first in the current directory, then in a subdirectory named ftp, and finally in a directory named //ftp.freebsd.org/... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"