Re: [HEADS UP] pkgsrc default database directory changed

[Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Dec 03, 2020 at 09:37:31AM -0500, Greg Troxel wrote:
> 
> I am running into problems with this change.   I am pretty sure I can
> figure it out, but fixes are needed for non-experts.
> 
> I have
> 
>   PKGSRC_COMPILER=ccache gcc
>   DEPENDS_TARGET=package-install clean
> 
> and of course I think both are normal.
> 
> I tried to build something, sysutils/m4, and got a failure like
> 
>   ===> Trying to handle out-dated pkg_install...
>   ===> Cleaning for pkg_install-20200828
>   make[2]: don't know how to make package-install clean. Stop
> 
> So I wonder if this is doing space quoting wrong.
> 
> I then went to pkg_install directly and just ran make, and got the
> message about the moved db, and moved it.
> 
> Now:
> 
>   => Tool dependency ccache-[0-9]*: NOT found
>   => Verifying package-install clean for ../../devel/ccache
>   ===> Trying to handle out-dated pkg_install...
>   ===> Cleaning for pkg_install-20200828
>   make[2]: don't know how to make package-install clean. Stop
> 
>   make[2]: stopped in /home/n0/gdt/pkgsrc-current/pkgsrc/pkgtools/pkg_install
>   *** Error code 2
> 
> Turning off ccache led me to recursion issues with cwrappers, and
> turning that off let me build a package.
> 
> So basically this is way too hard for people to deal with.

So perhaps we should switch NetBSD to run bootstrap like all the other
platforms... I don't know another solution.
 Thomas