Re: question about packages installation

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 02:44:46PM +0200, Saverio Iacovelli wrote:
> > setenv PKG_PATH "ftp://url1;ftp://url2";;
> 
> Ok, the command work, but perhaps there is still a
> problem of pkgsrc.
> If you install a package contained in
> ftp://packages.stura.uni-rostock.de/pkgsrc-current/DragonFly/1.6.0-RELEASE/i386/All
> directory, and you need install a dependent package
> contained in
> ftp://packages.stura.uni-rostock.de/pkgsrc-current/DragonFly/1.6.0-RELEASE/i386/vulnerable
> directory, then installation of this second package
> fails because pkg_add is in All directory.

Yes, that's right. We (the people interested and maintaining
pkg_install) are aware of that, but it is unlikely that we will fix it
timely. It is somewhat tricky to get right.

Joerg