[csw-users] Odd problem installing pkg-get

[Chris Ridd]

On 28/2/06 2:59, Krist van Besien <krist.vanbesien at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2/28/06, Dennis Clarke <blastwave at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2/28/06, Krist van Besien <krist.vanbesien at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello.
>>> 
>> 
>> Perhaps try to find the offending files first.
>> 
>> I don't know how large these systems are but perhaps you can run a
>> 
>> find /etc -type f -name pkg-get.conf
>> 
>> and
>> 
>> find /opt -type f -name pkg-get.conf
>> 
>> 
>> Then remove every file you find.
>> 
>> Then create a file /opt/csw/etc/pkg-get.conf with the following contents :
>> 
> 
> We more or less did that. We installed pkg-get on a system that never
> had it. We created a /opt/cs/etc/pkg-get.conf file.
> 
> The problem is that this file was completely ignored. pkg-get upon
> first execution complained that _no_ config file was present, and went
> on to create its own in /etc.
> 
> The thing that has us scratching our heads is that this only happens
> when _root_ executes pkg-get. When you execute pkg-get as a normal
> user it does seem to find the config file we created, as witnessed by
> the fact that it contacts the mirror we configured. But then ofcourse
> the installation of the packages downloaded fails...

This is all very odd. Have you tried using truss to get more details on
what's actually happening?

Cheers,

Chris