Re: /usr/pkg

[Hubert Feyrer <feyrer%rfhs8012.fh-regensburg.de@localhost>]

In article <624.486T901T11133781%Mis.net@localhost> you wrote:
> Currently, under 1.3, I have always had a root partition, a swap partition,
> a /usr partition, and a /usr/local partition, with local being very large
> to accomodate all the stuff I download and install.  However, since
> the intro of the pkgsrc, and the fact that it installs binaries, libs, and
> man to /usr/pkg, I am considering simply swapping the two partitions (right
> now, usr is 400 mb, and local is 1000 mb).  I have been fooling around
> with pkgsrc installed in /usr/local, but does it matter where pkgsrc is?
> Would it be just as simple to install it in /usr/pkg also?  Any hints or
> tips appreciated.

It doesn't matter much where pkgsrc is, but if you want to use precompiled
binaries, you'll probably want to make sure there's enough diskspace on
/usr/pkg (or whereever the pkgs install into).

Do get that diskspace, you can do several things:
 - mount the 1G-partition on /usr/pkg (you won't have to nuke /usr for that,
   just be sure you have /usr in front of /usr/pkg in /etc/fstab)
 - rm -fr /usr/pkg ; ln -s /usr/local /usr/pkg
 - in /etc/mk.conf set LOCALBASE to /usr/local and recompile, as someone
   else here (Todd? Tim? I don't remember...) suggested. Be aware that
   this will some time, though. :)


 - Hubert
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Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer%rz.uni-regensburg.de@localhost>