Re: [HEADS UP] pkgsrc default database directory changed

[Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 07:10:52PM -0800, John Nemeth wrote:
>      I tried following the current instructions as given on my -current box.
> At the fifth step (make USE_CWRAPPERS=no install), I got:
> 
> -----
> ...
> ERROR: The default package database directory has changed. Please run: mv /var/d
> b/pkg /usr/pkg/pkgdb
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop.
> make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/pkgtools/pkg_install
> -----
> 
> The above is why I originally relocated the mv instructions.

I'm pretty sure that your pkg_install is already up-to-date and you
don't need to reinstall it from pkgsrc. Can you check?

pkg_info -V

 Thomas