On 05/05/11 09:09, Doug Barton wrote:
On 05/04/2011 23:56, Hans Ottevanger wrote:
On 05/05/11 04:43, Doug Barton wrote:
On 05/04/2011 04:49, Hans Ottevanger wrote:
make -f/usr/share/mk/bsd.port.mk -V PKG_DBDIR
"/usr/share/mk/bsd.port.mk", line 11: Could not find
/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk
make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
I fixed this in HEAD by setting the default if pulling it from make
fails. I will MFC ASAP.
Of course this will solve my "problem" 8-)
But if you use something like
pkg_dbdir=${PKG_DBDIR-/var/db/pkg}
you will also cover the (infrequent) case where people redefine
PKG_DBDIR while running pkg_add et al (and actually remember to set
PKG_DBDIR in /etc/crontab !).
To be honest, I don't care. If you are doing this kind of thing you
deserve what you get.
To be clear. it is OK for me, I use defaults wherever possible.
If you really want to move your PKG_DBDIR and can't be bothered to
define it correctly, use a symlink. Or, if that's a problem, disable the
backup. This "problem" is not going to affect the overwhelming number of
freebsd users, and I don't think going through a lot of gymnastics to
support people who do silly things is a good idea for either side.
My idea was that if you go through the trouble to use make to get
PKG_DBDIR from the ports (as possibly redefined in /etc/make.conf) you
might as well try something similar while using packages.
But again: every deliberate choice is OK for me.
Regards,
Hans
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