Subject: Re: PAM installation via pkg
To: Brent B. Powers <nbsdh@b2pi.com>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@wasabisystems.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 06/19/2002 15:03:40
"Brent B. Powers" <nbsdh@b2pi.com> writes:
> To integrate with the reset of my machines, I need to install
> PAM. When I install it from (binary) package, it installs into
> /usr/pkg/....  However, I don't see how it gets called from there. It
> seems to me that at least the majority (non-documentation parts)
> should be located from / , but I know so little about the package
> system that I'd rather, as a learning exercise, do this 'properly'.

No, packages are almost always installed under /usr/pkg. That's why
one traditionally adds things like /usr/pkg/bin to one's path. Having
everything under /usr/pkg makes upgrades much less messy.

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