On Feb 1, 2004, at 7:02 PM, Frederick Bruckman wrote:

> On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Tim McNamara wrote:
>
>> "% PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/Packages/1.6.1/mack68k/All
>> % export PKG_PATH"
>>
>> with the results that there is "no such command."
>>
>> "setenv
>> PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/1.6.1/mac68k/All"
>> worked temporarily.
>
> Heh. You are using "csh".

Seems to be the default, I didn't specify it.

> The export thing only works with "/bin/sh"
> and "/bin/ksh". "/bin/csh" isn't a very good shell for interactive
> use, by the way. If you really prefer C-style shells to Bourne shells,
> consider installing the "tcsh" package.

Actually, I prefer bash but it's not available by default; 1.4.2 
wouldn't even let me change to bash after I installed it, complaining 
that it was a "non-standard shell."  I use OS X on my main computer and 
tcsh was the default there originally.  'Twas OK but I still prefer 
bash.

>> Now, I can ftp to the directory and download packages manually, but I
>> cannot do so with pkg_add.  For example:
>>
>> # pkg_add -v emacs
>
> Not sure, but...
>
>> Any advice on what I have got miscued in my setup would be 
>> appreciated.
>>   I don't know what address 2001:4f8:4:7:2e0:81ff:fe21:6563 is, it has
>> nothing to do with any of my machines as far as I can tell.
>
> That's the IPv6 address of ftp.netbsd.org.

I thought that might be the case, but I'm really unfamiliar with IPv6.

> Try substituting "ftp4.netbsd.org" for "ftp.netbsd.org, and see what 
> difference
> that makes. (I believe that is no longer an issue in 1.6.2.)

Well, it still failed just without the line about the IPv6 address.  
But that's progress- thanks!