tech-pkg: Re: /var/db/pkg [was Re: AFS/arla]

Subject: Re: /var/db/pkg [was Re: AFS/arla]
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org, tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Michael C. Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 09/18/1998 12:52:51

>>>>> "Manuel" == Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr> writes:
 Manuel> On Sep 18, Jason Thorpe wrote
 >> What about stuff installed in / (like, say, the netbsd14_base pkg?).
 >> 
 Manuel> Same problem: / may be a different partition from /var. One
 Manuel> should not have to backup /var to be able to restore a fully
 Manuel> functionnal system. /var should only contain log or run-time
 Manuel> files, that is, files that can be lost without much harm in most
 Manuel> cases.
 I would agree. This is my major problem with current pkg-system. It
should use /etc/pkg or something. Perhaps the rules should look like:
 if -d $PKG_BASE/etc/pkg
 then
	PKG_DB=$PKG_BASE/etc/pkg
 else
	PKG_DB=/etc/pkg
 fi
 This solves the problem with the netbsd14_base pkg, and also puts
everything where you expect it (/etc/pkg) unless you go and create a
seperate pkg tree.
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