[pkg_add] PACKAGESITE weirdness - URL not correct for dependencies?

[Mel Flynn]

On Thursday 26 March 2009 21:46:07 L Campbell wrote:
> Okay, so apparently there's some serious weirdness in the logic in
> src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib/url.c, in fileGetURL. This function takes
> two parameters, base and spec, and has the following behavior --

<snip behavior and patch>

Yes, it is a bit counter-intuitive. However it's documented in the pkg_add(1) 
manpage that PACKAGESITE should resolve to the full URL where packages can be 
found (even the trailing slash).

I've found in practice, that it is the easiest to set your webroot below All/, 
so that All/foo-1.2.3.tbz resolves to the foo 1.2.3 package. Then also 
maintain the various categories links like devel/foo.tbz and as human use 
pkg_add like so:
pkg_add -r devel/foo

This will do the right thing(tm) and you don't have to look up/remember the 
version numbers as a bonus.
-- 
Mel