On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Gary Affonso wrote:

> having a problem with the package tools.  When I use pkg_add or pkg_info
> with an ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/ target, I get the following:
>
>   ftp: connect to address 2001:4f8:4:b:2e0:81ff:fe21:6563: No route to host
>
> Then pkg_info hangs, does a bunch of disk thrashing, and finally quits,
> returning me to my prompt.

If that is "pkg_add", then it is normal. Did you check to see if the
package was installed?

> P.S.  Is this the right place to ask these questions?  I've lurked for the
> last 20 or 30 messages and they seem, mostly, to be regarding development
> issues with the *latest* kernals.  Should I be asking this somewhere else?

Yes. current-users is for discussing using -current. Your question is more
appropriate for netbsd-help. The website has info about the lists.

Good luck,

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://bsd.reedmedia.net/