On Sat, 29 Apr 2006, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> I don't use it myself. But I read recently on a DragonFly list:
>
>> pkg_chk -P ftp://binary/url -abg (generate pkg_chk.conf if nonexistent)
>>
>> pkg_chk -P ftp://binary/url -abf (fetch all needed packages)
>>
>> pkg_chk -P //wherever/previous/step/put/binaries -abu (upgrade)
>
> The -P sets PACKAGES and code has support for http://|ftp://.">ftp://.">http://|ftp://.

Can you give a working (tested) example here?

Already the first command fails for me, and it's not clear to me what 
EXACTLY I have to to give to -P - I know that pkg_add is picky with 
PKG_PATH, so I've tried what came to my mind, with little success:

 	miyu% pkg_chk -P ftp://ftp.de.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/3.0/i386 -abg
 	Failed to open file.
 	miyu% pkg_chk -P ftp://ftp.de.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/3.0/i386/ -abg
 	Failed to change directory.
 	miyu% pkg_chk -P ftp://ftp.de.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/3.0/i386/All -abg
 	Failed to open file.
 	miyu% pkg_chk -P ftp://ftp.de.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/3.0/i386/All/ -abg
 	Failed to change directory.
 	miyu%

Also, I've noticed that the usage of pkg_chk is incomplete, at least -q is 
not mentioned.


  - Hubert