Re: NetBSD 11.99.1 installation procedure issue

[Kimmo Suominen <kim%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Aug 04, 2025 at 07:58:48AM +0000, RVP wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Aug 2025, Kimmo Suominen wrote:
> > <a href="/pkgin-25.5.1.tgz"> points to something that does not exist
> > on the web server.
> 
> That's just an artefact of the way I ran my tests. What actually
> happens is that bozohttpd generates an index.html with only relative
> links every time; while simple-http-server always generates absolute
> paths (from server root) [...]
> 
> Looks like pkg_add relies on a bozohttpd-like dir. listing. It should
> do something like a basename(3) on the `href' links. Both lynx(1) and
> firefox treat both link types the same.

Okay, now it does sound like a pkg_add bug: it should follow the href
correctly whether it is absolute or relative.

I'm running nginx and it also generates relative links (just an
observation).

Kind regards,
+ Kimmo