Re: pkgdb

[Matthias Petermann <mp%petermann-it.de@localhost>]

Hello all,

I have been following the discussion here for a while and have not yet 
come into contact with the change myself. Even if it is off topic: I 
wanted to say one thing: I am glad how respectful, technically sound and 
factual the discussion is here. That's what I appreciate about NetBSD 
and its great community. That is not a matter of course, especially in 
these days.

Thanks not only for that, and stay healthy!

Matthias


Am 17.12.2020 um 22:03 schrieb Greg Troxel:
> Hisashi T Fujinaka <htodd%twofifty.com@localhost> writes:
>
> > On Thu, 17 Dec 2020, Greg Troxel wrote:
> >
> > > I am going to defer dealing with this until after the branch.  It's
> > > obviously controversial, is enough to say for now.
> > >
> > > I ask everyone to table this discussion until the branch is done.
> >
> > It's too late for some of us. I've messed things up enough that I can't
> > even install pkg_install.
>
> I didn't mean that at all.   I meant the discussion about changing
> pkgsrc and the NetBSD base system to not have pkg tools.
>
> > How do I delete the DB and start over? I have all the bin/sbin files
> > still intact.
>
> Set PKG_DBDIR in pkg_install.conf to point to your DB, and also in
> mk.conf.   Delete the pkg_ tools from pkgsrc, and use the base ones to
> install.  I think that will work.

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