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)

[Stefan Bethke]

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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