On Mon, 13 Jul 2015, li...@wrant.com wrote: > > I object to the "silent" part... if you're trying to actually use PKG_CACHE > > then, having it fail silently and then discovering several GB later that > > oops, > > it didn't save anything anywhere looks like a huge mistake. > > > > But I'll try to make the error message be completely explicit. > > http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=143671276012679 > > Thank you, Marc. > > http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/pkg_add/OpenBSD/PackageRepository.pm.diff?r1=1.113&r2=1.114 >
Thanks Marc, t I disagree that pkg_add should "always error outwhen PKG_CACHE is unwritable. Specifically, when pkg_add is invoked the -s option, no package is copied to the package cache even if it is writable. Unless you think that pkg_add should always be run by root? -- Dale
