>--- Keith Mastin <kmastin@beechtree.ca> wrote:
>> For bash, apache, openssl, and most everything else,
>> this is true, but for 
>> some reason lynx worked after running make and
>> rehash.
>
>Are you sure you're not using csh or tcsh? Try "echo
>$SHELL"

Bash... I'm sure

>> I'm also getting used to the idea that everything
>> installed by pkgsrc is 
>> installed in the /usr/pkgsrc/ tree by default, so I
>> made the recommended 
>> change in /etc/mk.conf to load new apps into the
>> /usr/local/ tree (which 
>> I'm more familiar with securing).
>
>It's actually in /usr/pkg. If you install binary
>packages from NetBSD, they go to /usr/pkg as well. You
>should actually leave it be because it's a handy way
>to keep things seperate. Everything in /usr/pkg you
>know is a NetBSD package or something from pkgsrc, and
>you can install your own apps, or apps that aren't
>included in pkgsrc or NetBSD packages in /usr/local.
>I've grown to appreciate this scenario, it's really
>nice.

I don't use pre-rolled binaries if I can help it. I tried with RedHat, and 
had problems that I didn't have with sources. Banaries are fast, but 
inflexible.  I also like to have all the apps in one location where I can 
tighten down the directory security without affecting everything else. 
Double the directories = double the nightmares. 

>> I did run into a problem last night with
>> deinstalling apache from 
>> /usr/pkgsrc and reinstalling it into /usr/local...
>> lot of deps (libtools, 
>> mml for two) are not found, having a time trying to
>> figure how to make 
>> them.
>
>So why bother? Why not leave it as it was? Everything
>works just fine once you get used to a new path... As
>long as you have /usr/local/<whatever> in your $PATH,
>you can still use /usr/local for other stuff.

Personal preference and paranoia... :) It's all done now, everything is 
working and NetBSD is happily chugging away and installing all the apps I 
need to make it work for it's intended purpose. The upside of this journey 
is that in solving this problem, I now have a deeper understanding of the 
works of the pkgsrc system rather than just "setting and forgetting".

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