pkg_add ignoring PKG_PATH!

[Tom Hines]

--- Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 09:40:26PM -0700, Tom Hines
> wrote:
> 
> > cp838536-b# set PKG_PATH=/usr/ports/packages
> > cp838536-b# pkg_add -n ispell-3.2.06_3.tgz
> > pkg_add: can't stat package file
> 'ispell-3.2.06_3.tgz'
> 
> ktrace suggests setting
> PKG_PATH=/usr/ports/packages/All and using
> pkg_add -n ispell-3.2.06_3

Are-Harald Brenne wrote:
> shouldn't you be using 'setenv' instead, unless you
> switched shell? Check with 
> # echo $PKG_PATH

Aha!  You're right.  I was using set, which just sets
the shell variable and not the environment.  That
explains why pkg_add wouldn't work from the command
line.  And the reason it wouldn't work from
portupgrade was because I was using an old config file
that had those environment settings commented out.  I
noticed in the new pkgtools.conf.sample file that
those lines have been uncommented.

Ken, that trace you suggested let me see that PKG_PATH
wasn't set.  That, along with Are's suggestion helped
me figure it out.  Thanks to Ken and Are!

Tom


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