On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 7:37 AM, Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net> wrote: > On Thursday 26 March 2009 21:46:07 L Campbell wrote: >> Okay, so apparently there's some serious weirdness in the logic in >> src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib/url.c, in fileGetURL. This function takes >> two parameters, base and spec, and has the following behavior -- > > <snip behavior and patch> > > Yes, it is a bit counter-intuitive. However it's documented in the pkg_add(1) > manpage that PACKAGESITE should resolve to the full URL where packages can be > found (even the trailing slash).
The additional stipulation that any dependent packages must be in an "../All/" directory relative to the path of the initial package is an undocumented feature. It's a bit counter-intuitive, but once it works, it works. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"