Re: pkgsrc on vax

[John Klos <john%klos.com@localhost>]

> Anybody tried?

pkgsrc works quite well on VAX, particularly when compared with just a few 
years ago. We've got quite a collection:

https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/vax/11.0_2025Q4/All/

> went for pkgsrc, and pkgsrc/bootstrap/bootstrap worked,
> and install in /usr looks OK.

You shouldn't need to bootstrap if you have a relatively modern version of 
NetBSD.

I usually just run "make package update" in pkgtools/pkg_install.

> cd: Can't cd to "/AD1/pkgsrc/shells/tcsh/work/tcsh-6.24.16": No such file or 
> directory
> *** Error code 2

What's your LOCALBASE set to? What kind of filesystem is AD1? That should 
Just Work(tm).

> P.S. When doing this years before "make fetch-list | sh"  downloaded all 
> needed files for a while, now nothing? Is something in the pkg-systyem 
> pointing into wrong directories?

That suggests that the distfiles are already downloaded.

John