Re: How can I re-bootstrap pkgsrc?

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

On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 06:50:56AM -0800, John Nemeth wrote:
> On May 30,  9:57am, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> } On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 06:03:56AM -0800, John Nemeth wrote:
> } > On May 30,  8:27am, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> } > } On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 05:19:56AM -0800, John Nemeth wrote:
> } > } >      Have you tried 'make update'?  That generally works for 
> pkg_install.
> } > } 
> } > } You can't remove the mk file package when running make...
> } > 
> } >      So, I discovered earlier tonight.  I'm just starting to play with
> } > pkgsrc on non-NetBSD systems.  Anyways, it appears that the only
> } > solution at the moment is to rebootstrap.  It would be nice if there
> } > were a cleaner mechanism for doing this.
> } 
> } Not automated. You can do something using DESTDIR and running pkg_add -u
> } manually, but you will use the precious flag at the very least.
> 
>     Would this trick be useful for updating pax as well?

Nope, because pax is still used internally by pkg_install. On the other
hand, if pkg_add stops using it, pax will be removed from the bootstrap
dependency list.

Joerg