Re: "Please unset PKG_PATH before doing pkgsrc work!" message

[Roland Illig <roland.illig%gmx.de@localhost>]

Am 12.10.2025 um 16:39 schrieb Ramiro Aceves:
> El 12/10/25 a las 9:53, Roland Illig escribió:
>> Am 11.10.2025 um 11:39 schrieb Ramiro Aceves:
>>> netbsd-nuc# pwd
>>> /usr/pkgsrc/ham/xnec2c
>>>
>>> netbsd-nuc# make install
>>> ERROR: This package has set PKG_FAIL_REASON:
>>> ERROR: Please unset PKG_PATH before doing pkgsrc work!
>>>
>>> Does it happen to some packages or all packages?
>>
>> This happens to all packages. The wording of the message can be
>> misunderstood easily since "This package has set" may sound like the
>> package by itself did anything, but in this case, it was the pkgsrc
>> infrastructure.
> 
> Thanks Roland. Yes, the message confuses a bit to the user

Thanks for the confirmation, I reworded the message. It now says "This
package has PKG_FAIL_REASON set" instead.

>>> Where is PKG_PATH checked?
> 
> netbsd-nuc# make help topic=PKG_PATH
> No help found for PKG_PATH.
> 
> 
> netbsd-nuc# make help topic=pkg_path
> No help found for pkg_path, but it occurs in:

Oops, this difference in behavior was not intended. I fixed it.

Roland