Re: pkgdb

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 12:47:39PM +0000, maya%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
> > @@ -303,8 +300,21 @@ pkgdb_refcount_dir(void)
> >  const char *
> >  pkgdb_get_dir(void)
> >  {
> > +   /* Except for the return at this end, this code is for
> > +      migration from the previous location /var/db/pkg to the new
> > +      default (December 2020). */
> > +
> > +   struct stat sb;
> > +   if (strcmp(pkgdb_dir, DEF_LOG_DIR) == 0 &&
> > +       stat(pkgdb_dir, &sb) == -1 && errno == ENOENT &&
> > +       stat("/var/db/pkg", &sb) == 0) {
> > +           errx(EXIT_FAILURE,
> > +                "The default PKG_DBDIR has changed, but this installation still uses the old one.\n"
> > +                "Please move the database and re-run this command:\n"
> > +                "\tmv /var/db/pkg " DEF_LOG_DIR);
> > +   }
> >  
> > -   return pkgdb_dir;
> > +        return pkgdb_dir;
> >  }
> >  
> >  /*
> > 
> 
> Main interest to move pkgdb_dir away from /var/db/pkg was that other
> package managers deposit files there, too. Erroring is only safe on
> NetBSD.

It is not even safe on NetBSD.

Joerg