[csw-maintainers] catalog for build8x is rotten

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Peter,

Am 10.07.2009 um 13:29 schrieb Peter FELECAN:
> Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org> writes:
>> Am 10.07.2009 um 12:22 schrieb Peter FELECAN:
>>> pkg-get download common
>>> Trying http://mirror/opencsw/current/i386/5.8/common-1.4.6,REV=2008.04.28-SunOS5.8-i386-CSW.pkg.gz
>>> --2009-07-10 12:21:01--  http://mirror/opencsw/current/i386/5.8/common-1.4.6,REV=2008.04.28-SunOS5.8-i386-CSW.pkg.gz
>>> Resolving proxy... 192.168.1.6
>>> Connecting to proxy|192.168.1.6|:3128... connected.
>>> Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
>>> 2009-07-10 12:21:01 ERROR 404: Not Found.
>>>
>>> Error downloading http://mirror/opencsw/current/i386/5.8/common-1.4.6,REV=2008.04.28-SunOS5.8-i386-CSW.pkg.gz
>>> (Perhaps you need to update your catalog?)
>>> rm: cannot remove `common-1.4.6,REV=2008.04.28-SunOS5.8-i386-
>>> CSW.pkg.gz': No such file or directory
>>>
>>> Maybe this is a more general issue...
>>
>> No, there was an error that the common package was gzipped and gzip
>> depended on it, so common is no longer stored gzipped. Just update
>> your catalog and everything should be fine again.
>
> Read more carefully the subject line and you'll understand that this  
> is
> something that I cannot correct.

Aha, the catalog is only updatable by root. Should be working now.
However, the catalogs on the buildfarm are only updated from time
to time. It should IMHO be possible for pkg-get (and pkgutil btw.)
to download without any need for root access. Or have I gotten it
wrong again?


Best regards

   -- Dago