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Re: pkgsrc build server



At Fri, 10 Jul 2020 14:24:20 +0300, Denys Nykula <nykula%ukr.net@localhost> wrote:
Subject: Re: pkgsrc build server
> 
> "Greg A. Woods" <woods%planix.com@localhost> 4 July 2020, 23:58:24:
> 
> > # use pkgtools/autoswc to cache some autoconf results
> > #
> > .sinclude "/usr/pkg/share/autoswc/autoswc.mk"
> 
> Hello, after your letter I went to look what autoswc is. Its Makefile
> hardcodes CACHEDIR and MKCONF to root paths, /var/db/autoswc and
> /etc/mk.conf. What is the reason they're set this way and not to
> VARBASE/db/autoswc and LOCALBASE/etc? Would it be possible to
> pull in paths from mk.conf and cache autoconf results as an
> unprivileged pkgsrc user?

I'm sure it would be possible, but I'm guessing this is an indication of
how well, or how poorly, that unprivileged pkgsrc use is supported at
the moment.

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