Re: pkgsrc-2011Q2 NetBSD 5.0.2/i386 2011-08-14 13:15

[David Holland <dholland-pkgtech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 01:05:20AM +0200, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
 > > > pbulk doesn't change the logic behind "make package" at all.
 > > 
 > > Can running "/usr/pkg/sbin/pkg_add $FOO" solve the problem?
 > 
 > The problem is that it would only apply to a few specific packages and
 > it is also a decision made relatively late. Since normal users have the
 > same issue, I'm not sure it is going to help much.

If a pkgsrc version of pkg_install is present, it should always be
used. However, the only common way, AFAIK, to get the base version
used instead by accident is to have $PATH set wrong. Unfortunately,
base still comes with $PATH set wrong by default, because the notion
that having /usr/sbin before /usr/pkg/sbin is wrong is still for some
reason controversial.

It is a tempest in a teapot, however.

 > The only real fix is really to kick out pkg_install from base and
 > get it managed properly...

Buncombe.
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David A. Holland
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