Stuart, On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 9:36 PM, Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote:
> On 2017-05-11, Ajitabh Pandey <ajitabhpan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I got a similar message when I try to install python, but upong > > investigating I realise that python was already installed - perhaps as a > > pre-requisite for glib2. I am not using PKG_PATH, rather I use > > /etc/installurl for specifying a list of my mirrors (man installurl(5) > for > > details) > > /etc/installurl is for specifying a *single* mirror, not a list. As the > manual says, "The /etc/installurl file contains a single line specifying > an OpenBSD mirror..." > Thanks for pointing that out. Although I am not sure if having multiple mirrors in that file will cause an issue or the utilities using the installurl will ignore all lines but the first one. I have now commented all the other mirrors in my /etc/installurl file. > > > $ doas pkg_add python-2.7.13p0 > > quirks-2.304 signed on 2017-04-02T15:01:33Z > > https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.1/packages-stable/ > amd64/python-2.7.13p0.tgz: > > ftp: Error retrieving file: 404 Not Found > > signify: gzheader truncated > > Error text could be improved, but this error is occurring because you > have specified a full package name including version, and that doesn't > exist (in 6.1, it's 2.7.13p1). > Interesting, so when I do the following on my box, I do not see the 2.7.13p1 there. See below - $ pkg_info -Q python |grep "^python-2.*" python-2.7.13p0 (installed) > I suggest either "pkg_add python%2.7" as shown in the pkg_add(1) manual, > or just "pkg_add python" and choose from the list. > Yep, I did that exactly. When I was choosing from the list then I was just getting the prompt back. While when specifying the full package name was throwing the error I mentioned. I guess its a matter of error message and the fact that the packages-stable directory does not yet exists in the mirrors. $ doas pkg_add python quirks-2.304 signed on 2017-04-02T15:01:33Z Ambiguous: choose package for python a 0: <None> 1: python-2.7.13p0 2: python-3.4.5p2 3: python-3.5.2p2 4: python-3.6.0p0 Your choice: 1 $ doas pkg_add python-2.7.13p0 quirks-2.304 signed on 2017-04-02T15:01:33Z https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.1/packages-stable/amd64/python-2.7.13p0.tgz: ftp: Error retrieving file: 404 Not Found signify: gzheader truncated $ > > For a very long time I was trying to understand why pkg_add is looking > for > > package in packages-stable directory when this directory does not exists > on > > any of the mirrors. I checked the standard directory paths for mirror on > > OpenBSD website and this directory was not there also. > > > > Can someone help me understand why it is so, or point to some relevant > > document. > > /packages-stable *might* be used sometime in the future. > Thanks, it seems so. > > > Also, I had to run the following commands as recommended by pkg_info > python > > > > $ doas ln -sf /usr/local/bin/python2.7 /usr/local/bin/python > > $ doas ln -sf /usr/local/bin/python2.7-2to3 /usr/local/bin/2to3 > > $ doas ln -sf /usr/local/bin/python2.7-config > /usr/local/bin/python-config > > $ doas ln -sf /usr/local/bin/pydoc2.7 /usr/local/bin/pydoc > > > > Do we have any alternatives management system in OpenBSD like we have in > > linux or this has to be done by hand. > > You don't have to do this, nothing in packages expects this, they look for > the full name including version. It's only needed if you have programs > from another source that expect to have the symlinks. > Python is working fine now. I understand that symlinks are mere convinience. Regards. ~ajitabhpandey
