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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