For locally installed packages the prefix is "inst:". If you invoke pkg_info with the name of a pkg that's not installed, it will be prefixed with the url of the PKG_PATH mirror it got the pkg from...
i.e. I don't have the mod_auth_ldap package installed, so... % pkg_info mod_auth_ldap Information for ftp://rt.fm//pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/packages/amd64/mod_auth_ldap-1.6.0p5.tgz On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 9:07 AM, frantisek holop <min...@obiit.org> wrote: > hi there, > > for any given package pkg_info starts its info like this, e.g.: > > amaaq$ pkg_info iodbc-3.52.4p2 > Information for inst:iodbc-3.52.4p2 > > <snip> > > my question is, what does that "inst:" prefix mean, > and can it be something else in different situations? > > -f > -- > to refuse to decide is a decision. > >
