On 11/19/07, Juan Miscaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Marc Espie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 08:21:17AM -0500, Juan Miscaro wrote: > > > However the second one (PKG_PATH_LAN2) is never consulted. If I > > remove > > > the first one then packages are found and installed with no > > problem. > > > > > > Why is this happening? > > > > Because it's designed that way. > > > > The second entry is only consulted if a matching package is not found > > in > > the first repository. It works like a linker path: pkg_add only looks > > at entries while it did not find a suitable candidate. > > > But the first repository does not contain a candidate. That's what I'm > saying. > > > > The intention is that you should put your preferred repository at the > > front, > > and less wanted stuff later: if pkg_add finds something in the > > preferred > > repository, it won't even look at the rest. > > > So something is apparently wrong then.
I saw this bug two years ago when I first started with OpenBSD. I assumed I was doing something wrong and forgot about it. things to try: are you sure the second repository has the package you need? -Nick
