PKG.CONF(5)               OpenBSD Programmer's Manual              PKG.CONF(5)

NAME
     pkg.conf - system-wide package system configuration

DESCRIPTION
     The file /etc/pkg.conf contains system-wide options related to package
     handling, as a list of `keyword=value' lines.

     In particular, the base system ``installation-and-update'' shell scripts
     record the URL used for the installation as installpath.  pkg_add(1) can
     then add or replace packages from the same location straight after the
     install.

     Currently defined options are as follows:

     fullwidth    Set to yes if you really want to use the full width of the
                  terminal for the progressmeter.
     installpath  URL to package repository updated during installation.  Used
                  for accessing packages if the environment variable PKG_PATH
                  is not defined and no further options are defined.
     nochecksum   Set to yes to waive MD5 checksums during package deletions.
     ntogo        Set to yes to display (done/total) number of package
                  messages.

     Each option uses a separate line, and follows the following template:

           keyword = value

     A list of values can also be specified over several lines using the
     variation:

           keyword += value
           keyword += value
           ...

     Keywords are case-insensitive.

     Blank lines and comment lines (introduced by a #) are ignored.

     Unknown keywords are ignored.

FILES
     /etc/pkg.conf

SEE ALSO
     pkg_add(1), pkg_create(1), pkg_delete(1), pkg_info(1), pkg_check(8)

HISTORY
     The pkg.conf mechanism and format first appeared in OpenBSD 4.8.

OpenBSD 4.9                    October 25, 2010                    OpenBSD 4.9