At 3:36 AM +0200 2002/10/15, Lubomir Sedlacik wrote:

>  well, in NetBSD /usr/pkg is The Right(tm) place where they should
>  reside.  all packages from pkgsrc (including binary packages) are
>  installed into this directory and correct runtime dependencies (such as
>  library handling) are configured at their build time.

	Okay, fair enough.  What about programs from other people that 
may be dependant on things that have installed themselves in 
/usr/pkg?  Does the C compiler automatically stick /usr/pkg/include 
into the path of directories to be searched for header files?  Does 
the linker automatically stick /usr/pkg/lib into the path of 
directories to be searched for libraries?

	If so, then my problem should automatically be solved.  If not, 
then there is a problem -- /usr/pkg may be the Right Place(tm) for 
this stuff to go, but no one else in the world (who is not a native 
NetBSD developer) will ever know about it.

>  if you really want to put them in /usr/local you may want to set
>  LOCALBASE=/usr/local in your /etc/mk.conf.  also read
>  pkgsrc/Packages.txt and packages(7) for more information about NetBSD
>  packaging system.

	I may give that a try.  Thanks!

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