Re: /var/db/pkg vs /usr/pkg/pkgdb, /usr/sbin/pkg* vs /usr/pkg/sbin/pkg* and default PATH

[Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012%yahoo.com@localhost>]

On 29/11/2020 09:59, Jonathan Perkin wrote:
> * On 2020-11-29 at 00:14 GMT, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
>
> > We're going around in circles here: Pkgsrc defaults to having $VARBASE on
> > /var for all bootstraps.
> If I have multiple bootstraps and different
> > $PREFIX[es], unless I also set $VARBASE to $PREFIX/var, all bootstraps will
> > share /var/db/*.
>
> That's simply not true.  VARBASE will only default to /var if
> PREFIX=/usr/pkg.  The bootstrap script logic is very clear.

I see what you mean.

I am sorry if I have added to some misunderstanding here, in which case 
I apologise, but I thought we were talking of default settings when I 
wrote "for all bootstraps". I am clearly showing evidence of poor 
language skills.



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Ottavio Caruso