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Date:      Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:38:19 -0400
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Florent Thoumie <flz@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, "Raphael H. Becker" <rabe@p-i-n.com>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.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:  <20060822093819.GA48419@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <1156162582.53353.37.camel@mayday.esat.net>
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On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 01:16:22PM +0100, Florent Thoumie wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 07:56 -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 12:27:20PM +0100, Florent Thoumie wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 07:07 -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 08:09:45AM +0200, Raphael H. Becker wrote:
> > > > >=20
> > > > > Hi Florent,
> > > > >=20
> > > > > PKGDIR is ambiguous in the context of ports and packages.
> > > > >=20
> > > > > I set PKGDIR=3D/some/where/my/pkg in my /etc/profile which causes=
 the
> > > > > ports to fail badly creating any packages:
> > > > >=20
> > > > > It is used in ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk:
> > > > > # PKGDIR                - A directory containing any package crea=
tion
> > > > > # files.
> > > > > #                                 Default: ${MASTERDIR}
> > > > > [...]
> > > > > PKGDIR?=3D                ${MASTERDIR}
> > > > >=20
> > > > > Havin set PKGDIR statically is a very bad idea here.
> > > >=20
> > > > Yes, PKGDIR is incorrect in this usage.  The documented place where
> > > > packages are stored is:
> > > >=20
> > > > # PACKAGES              - A top level directory where all packages =
go (rather than
> > > > #                                 going locally to each port).
> > > > #                                 Default: ${PORTSDIR}/packages
> > > > #
> > >=20
> > > PACKAGES is a better choice than PKGDIR, but I'd like to avoid confus=
ion
> > > between "cached" packages (as in, copies of downloaded packages), and
> > > "home-brewed" packages.=20
> >=20
> > Not sure there is a need to; they're both just packages.
>=20
> I think there is, or there should be another subdirectory under PACKAGES
> to tell where the packages come from. Like what apt does, something like
> ${PACKAGES}/ftp.freebsd.org.packages.6.stable/All/blah.tbz.
>=20
> You definitely don't want to mix packages from different sources, or
> made from different ports trees.

I don't really see the need for this; but if you want to go this route
there are other tools that also need to be taught about the proposed
new directory layout).

Kris

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