On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 at 11:07, Mike Pumford <mpumf...@mudcovered.org.uk> wrote: > On 02/12/2020 23:41, Thomas Klausner wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 03:07:55PM -0800, Paul Goyette wrote: > >> This is just getting too complicated. Too many manual steps, and too > >> many changes to too many long-established procedures. > > > > Yeah, I'm sorry that you spent too much time on this. > > > > Actually, the easiest way is to just: > > > > cd /usr/pkgsrc/pkgtools/pkg_install > > make USE_CWRAPPERS=no install > > install -c /usr/pkg/sbin/pkg_* /usr/sbin > > > Err. This works great until the next system update. At which point the > system pkg_* binaries will be re-instated and break everything. Unless > you are going to ensure that /usr/sbin/pkg_* are going to be updated not > just in current but also in the 9, 8 and 7 release branches which are > all still supported. > > Any solution that overwrites core binaries with a binary from pkgsrc > won't survive an OS upgrade. > > As others have said this is starting to look like the consequences of > the change have not been thought through.
Plan for an immediate workaround, and a later fix. Possibly: - Immediately: Update pkg_install in pkgsrc for NetBSD: if /var/db/pkg is present and $PREFIX/pkgdb is not, use /var/db/pkg with a warning. If both are present, also show a warning and pick on (probably $PREFIX/pkgdb) - Next: Coordinate pkg_install pullups into -7 -8 & -9, possibly of the workaround version first - Eventually: Drop the workaround, though possibly keep "if both are present show error and stop" logic May need to tweak details, but something of this form David
