On Sat, Jul 07, 2018 at 03:52:44PM +0100, Tom Smyth wrote:
> Hello Nan,
> you need to set the PKG_path as Stuart suggested to install packages using
>
> pkg_add command
>
> for example to use fastly cdn mirror you would set your pkg_path variable as
> shown below
>
> export PKG_PATH=https://fastly.cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/$(uname
> -r)/packages/$(uname -p)/
>
> /etc/installurl file is for the syspatch utility to install binary
> patches for the release
Wrong. installurl *is* used by pkg_add. Read the man page.
-Otto
>
>
>
> if you are using current ... Packages are less straight forward as
> packages and current
> are modified regularly updated
> so if you go to install a package from today on a current snapshot from 1 week
> ago it is not guaranteed to work
>
> i believe there are few ways around this
> 1) install the packages that you expect to use on current as soon as possible
> after install
> 2) if you must use that version of current for some reason ... when
> downloading
> the current install iso / install image, download the contents of the
> entire package
> directory for current also. (on the same day ) your millage on this
> will vary depending
> on what work is being done on the tree at the time
>
> and if anyone else uses a better way id love to know also
>
>
> I hope this helps
>
>
> On 7 July 2018 at 15:26, Nan Xiao <xiaonan830...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > HI Stuart,
> >
> > Thanks for your reply!
> >
> > I don't set PKG_PATH environment.
> >
> > Yes, it seems I installed the current package:
> > $ ls -l /usr/local/bin/egdb
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 10040410 Jun 28 19:03 /usr/local/bin/egdb
> >
> > But I can't remember what I have done. I can only remember I modified
> > /etc/installurl before.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Best Regards
> > Nan Xiao
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 8:23 PM, Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org>
> > wrote:
> >> On 2018-07-07, Nan Xiao <xiaonan830...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Hi Philip,
> >>>
> >>> Thanks very much for your time and effort!
> >>>
> >>> The following is the command output:
> >>>
> >>> $ readelf -Wl /usr/local/bin/egdb | awk '/RANDOM/{print ($5+0)/1024}'
> >>> 88.4844
> >>>
> >>> The same as yours.
> >>
> >> That is from -current.
> >>
> >>> Honestly, I am not sure whether the package is for -stable or -current.
> >>>
> >>> After installation, I just add following config in /etc/installurl:
> >>> $ cat /etc/installurl
> >>> https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD
> >>>
> >>> Then I use "pkg_add -u" sometimes. Doesn't
> >>> https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD guarantee it selects correct
> >>> packages? Or I miss something?
> >>
> >> Do you have PKG_PATH set in the environment?
> >>
> >> Whatever the reason, it looks like you have a -current version of the
> >> gdb package installed.
> >>
> >> The one in 6.3 should look like this:
> >>
> >> $ ls -l /usr/local/bin/egdb
> >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 9452688 Mar 28 00:40 /usr/local/bin/egdb
> >>
> >> $ readelf -Wl /usr/local/bin/egdb | awk '/RANDOM/{print($5+0)/1024}'
> >> 0.0078125
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Kindest regards,
> Tom Smyth
>
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