[csw-maintainers] catalog for build8x is rotten

[Peter FELECAN]

Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org> writes:

> 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?

The download is possible by a non root user --- this is what I'm doing.

I confirm that you get it now correctly and the catalog on build8x is
now correct.

Thank you for this intervention.
-- 
Peter