Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 11:42:08 -0700 From: Jo Rhett <jrhett@svcolo.com> To: Clement Laforet <sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: pkg_add needs to have a command line option that replicates PACKAGESITE Message-ID: <AE68FE91-F8B6-46CB-98CD-837F44945BC9@svcolo.com> In-Reply-To: <20070509120724.GA39154@goofy.cultdeadsheep.org> References: <46418749.9020902@svcolo.com> <20070509120724.GA39154@goofy.cultdeadsheep.org>
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On May 9, 2007, at 5:07 AM, Clement Laforet wrote: >> pkg_add really needs a command line option instead of only using the >> environment variables... > > "pkg_add -r http://my.freebsd-repo.com/packages/All/ > my_packages-1.0.tbz" > works fine ;-) The behavior is not identical. For example, this works only for a single package. /usr/sbin/pkg_add -r http://my.location/packages/{pkgname} This works for multiple packages: export PACKAGESITE=http://my.location/packages/ /usr/sbin/pkg_add -r {pkgname} {pkgname2} Also, the former will not resolve dependancies properly (it alters the path), whereas the latter will. In short, they are not synonymous. A command line option which is synonymous with the environment variable would be very useful in scripts/cfengine/etc. I thought I had opened a bug on this, but apparently not... -- Jo Rhett senior geek Silicon Valley Colocation Support Phone: 408-400-0550
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