On 2023-12-07, Joe B <jcb202...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Misc, > > I am configuring a couple of laptops for my kids, i had installed 70 with > i3 and gcompris in them, its been a while since the last update so i > decided to make a fresh install. > > So I installed 74 in both of them, used the autoinstall so the process was > straightforward as always, rebooted, hw_update, syspatch, everything as > expected. > > The problem comes when trying to install a package, i am trying just to of > them: feh and gcompris, in both laptops, and i get the following errors, > they are several since i do a few tries and then the problem goes and comes > at different packages > > pkg_add: Ustar [package name, it is different every try, meaning > lcms2-2.15.tgz, gstreamer, libass-] [?]: Error while reading header > https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.4/packages/amd64/lame-3.100p1.tgz: > Read short file > > My configuration are: > 1 laptop, re0, trying pkg_add feh > 1 laptop, iwn0, trying pkg_add gcompris > > both with the same results, maybe i should try in another LAN, but could it > be a problem with the CDN server ?
pkg_add/ftp aren't good at retrying when network connections fail. I'd think it's more likely a problem with your network connection than the cdn server, but you could try one of the other mirrors listed in www.openbsd.org/ftp.html (either set in /etc/installurl or set in the PKG_PATH environment variable; you can just use the hostname in the latter) > Thank you for your time, > > -- Manuel Solis > >>> > > Hello, > > I'm new to openBSD about 3 days old. and I ran into the same issue as > you. I would > > pkg_add something and I kept getting the header message. someone on > IRC helped me > > Simple. change the cdn to another mirror > > look at https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#Mirror > > Basically You find a mirror probably ftp like I did go to vim or nano > /etc/installurl > > delete the cdn add another mirror and re-run the pkg_add you might > need to pkg_delete > > the partial and then re-run. pkg_add After all that you might need > pkg_add -u to see if the new mirror > > fixes all the other partials > > > Hope this helps > > > ~ Joe B > -- Please keep replies on the mailing list.
