On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 11:16:57PM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote:

> > -# export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.2/packages/i386/
> > +# export PKG_PATH=http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/%c/packages/%a/
> 
> Hmm - if you're going to trust autodetection of snapshots vs release
> anyway (as you do with %c), you could simply "export 
> PKG_PATH=ftp.openbsd.org" ...
> 
> Not sure which is better though.

Sounds good to me, espie@ likes it as well, and this also addresses the
concern pointed by Raf Czlonka. So here is a new diff.

Comments? OK?

Index: share/man/man7/packages.7
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man7/packages.7,v
retrieving revision 1.40
diff -u -p -r1.40 packages.7
--- share/man/man7/packages.7   24 Oct 2015 08:44:49 -0000      1.40
+++ share/man/man7/packages.7   27 Mar 2017 19:14:12 -0000
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ are supported: pointing
 .Ev PKG_PATH
 to a distant package repository, e.g.,
 .Bd -literal -offset 1n
-# export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.2/packages/i386/
+# export PKG_PATH=ftp.openbsd.org
 .Ed
 .Pp
 will let

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