> 	How about moving the pkg db files out of /var, maybe to /etc.
> 
> 	Having system config in /var makes me nervous (Game hiscores are
> 	less of a concern :)

There are long-term plans/goals to move the /var/db/pkg directory from
/var/db to ${PREFIX}/etc/pkg - we've been waiting for the xpkgwedge
integration before looking any further into this. I think we all share
your concerns.