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From: Acorn Sysop (sysopacorn.remoteserver.org)
Date: Sun Jun 30 2002 - 11:57:21 CDT

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    move the '$' outside of the curly braces for your pkg_add command.

    www# pkg_add ${PKGPATH}ntp-4.1.72.tgz

    On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, Brandon L. Newport wrote:

    > Has anyone noticed errors occurring when trying to install via packages
    > over ftp?
    >
    > I.e..
    >
    > www# setenv PKGPATH=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.1/packages/i386/
    > www# pkg_add {$PKGPATH}ntp-4.1.72.tgz
    > >>> ftp -o -
    > ftp://ftp.dynamix.net/pub/OpenBSD/3.1/packages/i386/=ntp-4.1.72.tgz
    > =ntp-4.1.72.tgz: No such file or directory.
    >
    > gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
    > tar: End of archive volume 1 reached
    > tar: Sorry, unable to determine archive format.
    > pkg_add(=ntp-4.1.72): package
    > `ftp://ftp.dynamix.net/pub/OpenBSD/3.1/packages/i386/=ntp-4.1.72.tgz'
    > has no COMMENT file!
    >
    >
    >
    > And
    >
    > info# setenv
    > PKGPATH=ftp://ftp.groupbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.1/packages/i386/
    > info# pkg_add {$PKGPATH}ntp-4.1.72.tgz
    > >>> ftp -o -
    > ftp://ftp.groupbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.1/packages/i386/=ntp-4.1.72.tgz
    > pub/OpenBSD/3.1/packages/i386: No such file or directory.
    > =ntp-4.1.72.tgz: No such file or directory.
    >
    > gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
    > tar: End of archive volume 1 reached
    > tar: Sorry, unable to determine archive format.
    > pkg_add(=ntp-4.1.72): package
    > `ftp://ftp.groupbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.1/packages/i386/=ntp-4.1.72.tgz'
    > has no COMMENT file!
    >
    >
    > Or is it just me ( I know I just set myself up for this one ;) )
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    > -brandon
    >
    >
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