diff --git a/etc/root/dot.cshrc b/etc/root/dot.cshrc
index d77c84b6318a..1c10de419dd4 100644
--- a/etc/root/dot.cshrc
+++ b/etc/root/dot.cshrc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: dot.cshrc,v 1.25 2014/11/30 23:43:30 riz Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: dot.cshrc,v 1.26 2017/12/07 18:26:51 jmcneill Exp $
 
 alias	h	history
 alias	j	jobs -l
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ setenv BLOCKSIZE 1k
 
 # Uncomment the following line(s) to install binary packages
 # from ftp.NetBSD.org via pkg_add.  (See also pkg_install.conf)
-#setenv PKG_PATH "ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/`uname -m`/7.0/All"
-#setenv PKG_PATH "${PKG_PATH};ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/`uname -m`/6.0/All"
+#setenv PKG_PATH "http://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/`uname -p`/`uname -r|cut -f '1 2' -d.|cut -f 1 -d_`/All"
 
 set history=1000
 set path=(/sbin /usr/sbin /bin /usr/bin /usr/pkg/sbin /usr/pkg/bin /usr/X11R7/bin /usr/X11R6/bin /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/bin)
diff --git a/etc/root/dot.profile b/etc/root/dot.profile
index 766b761f8aa7..2652c57f8747 100644
--- a/etc/root/dot.profile
+++ b/etc/root/dot.profile
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-#	$NetBSD: dot.profile,v 1.28 2016/03/08 09:51:15 mlelstv Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: dot.profile,v 1.29 2017/12/07 18:26:51 jmcneill Exp $
 
 export PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/pkg/sbin:/usr/pkg/bin
 export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/X11R7/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin
 
 # Uncomment the following line(s) to install binary packages
-# from ftp.NetBSD.org via pkg_add.  (See also pkg_install.conf)
-#export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/$(uname -m)/7.0/All
-#export PKG_PATH="${PKG_PATH};ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/$(uname -m)/6.0/All"
+# from cdn.NetBSD.org via pkg_add.  (See also pkg_install.conf)
+#export PKG_PATH="http://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/$(uname -p)/$(uname -r|cut -f '1 2' -d.|cut -f 1 -d_)/All"
 
 export BLOCKSIZE=1k