7.3 repository problems..

[bsd-keith]

I installed 7.3 yesterday, ( installed OK), but couldn't install extra software, so I waited until today to see if it was just offline for updating, but, tried again just now, & still lots of necessary program packages missing - any one else having problems?

Programs I was trying to add - firefox(-esr) - mpv - mc - pysolfc - I did manage to install mpg123 yesterday, but that was all.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

What is the content of /etc/installurl? Can you ping that site?

A fresh 7.3 system using https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD can pull in all the named applications for me.

[bsd-keith]

I have the exact same in my /etc/installurl, & yet still can't install them - lots of 'can't resolve' lines!

I've never had so many as this before, only ever an occasional, which was resolved after a few hours of waiting; this is now 2 days!

(ping: non-recoverable failure in name resolution)

I've even just tried

export PKG_PATH=http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.3/packages/amd64/

which I used to use before, but still get all the 'can't resolve' lines.

[jggimi]

Originally Posted by bsd-keith

(ping: non-recoverable failure in name resolution)

This is not a package repository issue. This is a network issue. Your DNS configuration is not working properly.

Initial diagnostics:

• Start with the contents of /etc/resolv.conf. It should list the IP addresses of one or more name servers. If any are present, can they be pinged? If they're not present, none are currently provisioned.
• Do you use autoconfiguration? It is often used to set IP addresses, routing, and domain name servers. Issue $ ifconfig | grep AUTOCONF -- any output from this will show one or more autoconfigured NICs.
• Is dhcpleased(8) running? For autoconfiguration to work properly, it must be. Issue $ rcctl check dhcpleased to see if it's running or not.

These steps should get you started on finding out why DNS isn't working.

[jggimi]

I neglected to mention a second daemon - resolvd(8). Check to see if it's running, the same way as dhcpleased(8).

[bsd-keith]

The weird thing is that it can install mpg123, but is having these other 'can't resolve' problems....

I'll give your suggestions a try.....

[bsd-keith]

/etc/resolv.conf = nameserver 192.168.0.1 # urtwn0
ifconfig | grep AUTOCONF = urtwn0
rcctl check dhcpleased = ok
rcctl check resolvd = ok

Plus > ping 8.8.8.8 is working OK

Also tried (suggested from LQ)
pkg_add -u = ok
pkg_add check = ok

EDIT: So it looks like I need another (external) nameserver in resolv.conf - will add, & try again...

[bsd-keith]

Added https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD as first nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf - but still no joy (even after reboot).

Added it to .profile, & we're getting somewhere (after a reboot), now running pkg_add -u

(libcrypto & libssl 'minor is too small')

BUT...still won't install mc or lynx - still 'can't resolve' problem persists!!!

ping openbsd.org - works

[jggimi]

Originally Posted by bsd-keith

Added https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD as first nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf - but still no joy (even after reboot).

Name servers resolve names to IP addresses. Any "nameserver" provisioned in /etc/resolv.conf must be provisioned as an IP address. See the resolv.conf(5) man page regarding how to provision these, how many can be provisioned, and how it attempts to use them when more than one is listed.

(libcrypto & libssl 'minor is too small')

This message would most likely appear if you are pointed to a -current snapshot repository rather than a release repository.

Is the domain name server at 192.168.0.1 under your control, or is that a server managed by your ISP?

[bsd-keith]

I'm guessing 192.168.0.1 is via my ISP router - I'll try adding 199.185.178.80 to resolve.conf

Thanks for your time...

Edit: Still no-go even after a reboot...

pkg_add mc
Can't install python-3.10.10p0 because of libraries
library crypto.50.2 not found
(etc.)


PKG_PATH=http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.3/packages/amd64/

[jggimi]

Originally Posted by bsd-keith

I'll try adding 199.185.178.80 to resolve.conf

I think you may be confused, because that doesn't make any sense to me.

Think of a domain name server as an address book. Name servers receive domain name queries we give them -- such as daemonforums.org -- and reply with the domain name's IP address -- such as 65.109.3.37 -- so our computers can send packets to the address.

There are free and public domain name servers such as Google's 8.8.8.8 or Quad9's 9.9.9.9.

Your ISP may manage the domain name server at 192.168.0.1, if that private address is not under your own control.

[jggimi]

pkg_add mc
Can't install python-3.10.10p0 because of libraries
library crypto.50.2 not found
(etc.)

This is a repository mismatch.

[jggimi]

When I say mismatch, I mean that you are using the wrong package repository. My guess is you have an incorrect PKG_PATH environment variable defined. If you have a PKG_PATH it overrides anything in /etc/installurl.

/etc/installurl will automatically use the correct repository (or repositories) for the release and flavor of the installed OS. PKG_PATH gives the admin the ability to provision all of that manually. Or, as I believe may have happened here, mis-configure it.

[bsd-keith]

Well, I'll take your word for it..... though how it has come about, I haven't got a clue!

I'll go & download another .img file, & re install; hopefully that will cure everything....

Thanks again for your help.

[bsd-keith]

I think I now know what was wrong, & it was my fault all along, I had installed 7.3-BETA.....

So, I'm guessing that was the reason for the mis matched repositories.

My apologies, & many thanks for trying to help me with this...

[Head_on_a_Stick]

For future reference:

Originally Posted by bsd-keith

PKG_PATH=http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.3/packages/amd64/

^ This is wrong. See installurl(5) for the correct format.

[jggimi]

The PKG_PATH environment variable and its syntax requirements are defined in the pkg_add(1) man page.

When an admin defines PKG_PATH, it overrides any provisioning of installurl(5).