In message <20000522135651.A15896@noc.untraceable.net>, Andrew Brown writes:
>>>>Shouldn't this be /usr/pkg/var/db/pkg?
>>
>>>i think /usr/pkg/etc/pkg would be better, but that's just me...
>>
>>Either way, I think it should be in /usr/pkg.  In an ideal world, a tarball
>>of /usr/pkg should be self-contained and portable.
>
>portable?  if you mean portable modulo endianness and architecture,
>then yes.  otherwise, no.

Agreed; I just mean between machines.  It should be fairly rational to tarball
/usr/pkg on one system, untar it on another, and expect success.  Currently,
the result is bogus unless you also move some of /var/db.

-s