Re: Trouble with pkgsrc

[RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

You wrote:

> I first did this:
>
> $ PKG_PATH="https://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/$(uname -p)/$(uname -r | cut -d_ -f1)/All"
> $ echo $PKG_PATH
> https://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/earmv7hf/9.3/All
> $ export PKG_PATH
> $ pkg_add ruby
> pkg_add: Can't process https://cdn.NetBSD.org:443/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/earmv7hf/9.3/All/ruby*: Unknown HTTP error
> pkg_add: no pkg found for 'ruby', sorry.
> pkg_add: 1 package addition failed
> $

This is the result of an unhandled `421 Misdirected Request' error.
These days, most HTTP servers are hosted by CDNs and they expect
an HTTP SNI (Server Name Indication) to be sent by the client when
negotiating HTTPS requests.

The fix for _this_ issue is pretty simple, but, it changes the
libfetch API a bit.

Please file a PR (category `lib', I think) so that this can be
tracked, and we can discuss there if either a) the simple fix should
be used, or b) the whole `libfetch' library should be updated (the
latest version already has this fix--and more.)

The workaround, for now, is to simply use `http://' instead of
`https://'.

-RVP