Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 21:20:35 +0100 From: Mark Rowlands <fuc952d@tninet.se> To: "Joe & Fhe Barbish" <barbish@a1poweruser.com> Cc: "FBSD" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Change default ftp site for pkg_add Message-ID: <20020201202024.7C77537B417@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOMEDNCGAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> References: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOMEDNCGAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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On Friday 01 February 2002 3:27 am, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > I see the man page on my pc is really different than > what is on the FBSD.org web site. So the web site man > page talks about the environment variable PACKAGEROOT > but as usual it does not say anything about where or > how to set this environment variable. > > How do I set this environment variable? > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Nelson [mailto:dnelson@allantgroup.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 6:17 PM > To: Joe & Fhe Barbish > Cc: FBSD > Subject: Re: Change default ftp site for pkg_add > > In the last episode (Jan 31), Joe & Fhe Barbish said: > > Dan wrote: > > > In the last episode (Jan 31), Joe & Fhe Barbish said: > > > > How do I tell pkg_add to use a different default ftp site. > > > > > > man pkg_add, in the ENVIRONMENT section. > > > > I do not see anything in man page environment section > > that talks about changing the default ftp location. > > I read the man page first before posting question and > > I have reread it and I still see nothing about ftp location. > > Please don't top post. > > From the pkg_add manpage, ENVIRONMENT section: > > The environment variable PACKAGEROOT specifies an alternate location > for > pkg_add to fetch from. The fetch URL is built using this environment > variable and the automatic directory logic that pkg_add uses when > the -r > option is invoked. An example setting would be > "ftp://ftp3.FreeBSD.org". > > The environment variable PACKAGESITE specifies an alternate location > for > pkg_add to fetch from. This variable subverts the automatic directory > logic that pkg_add uses when the -r option is invoked. Thus it should > be > a complete URL to the remote package file(s). On Friday 01 February 2002 3:27 am, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: > I see the man page on my pc is really different than > what is on the FBSD.org web site. So the web site man > page talks about the environment variable PACKAGEROOT > but as usual it does not say anything about where or > how to set this environment variable. > > How do I set this environment variable? man environ man env -- A king's castle is his home. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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