Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:54:52 +0200 From: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> To: Florent Thoumie <flz@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PKGDIR ambiguous (was: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/info info.h main.c perform.c pkg_info.1 src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add add.h main.c perform.c pkg_add.1 src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib lib.h url.c) Message-ID: <554420D3-22CD-4610-9ACB-015F43A43C9F@lassitu.de> In-Reply-To: <1156159640.53353.29.camel@mayday.esat.net> References: <200601161951.k0GJpfNx017833@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060821080945.A48690@p-i-n.com> <20060821110753.GA99959@xor.obsecurity.org> <1156159640.53353.29.camel@mayday.esat.net>
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Am 21.08.2006 um 13:27 schrieb Florent Thoumie:
> On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 07:07 -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>> Yes, PKGDIR is incorrect in this usage. The documented place where
>> packages are stored is:
>>
>> # PACKAGES - A top level directory where all packages
>> go (rather than
>> # going locally to each port).
>> # Default: ${PORTSDIR}/packages
>> #
>
> PACKAGES is a better choice than PKGDIR, but I'd like to avoid
> confusion
> between "cached" packages (as in, copies of downloaded packages), and
> "home-brewed" packages. That's why I was proposing PKG_CACHEDIR.
>
> Moreover, I think there's no easy way to find the category of a
> package
> before it is downloaded.
They go into ${PACKAGES}/All, and symlinks are created in the
category directories.
Stefan
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