Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:42:56 +0100 From: Florent Thoumie <flz@FreeBSD.org> To: "Raphael H. Becker" <rabe@p-i-n.com> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.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: <1156153377.53353.21.camel@mayday.esat.net> In-Reply-To: <20060821080945.A48690@p-i-n.com> References: <200601161951.k0GJpfNx017833@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060821080945.A48690@p-i-n.com>
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On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 08:09 +0200, Raphael H. Becker wrote:
> Hi Florent,
>
> PKGDIR is ambiguous in the context of ports and packages.
>
> I set PKGDIR=/some/where/my/pkg in my /etc/profile which causes the
> ports to fail badly creating any packages:
>
> It is used in ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk:
> # PKGDIR - A directory containing any package creation
> # files.
> # Default: ${MASTERDIR}
> [...]
> PKGDIR?= ${MASTERDIR}
>
> Havin set PKGDIR statically is a very bad idea here.
Agreed, the name isn't really well-suited. I seem to recall I've been
advised to use that name because it had the same meaning in ports. I'm
not really sure about that anymore. PKG_CACHEDIR would probably be
better.
> PS: I've googled around^W^Wused Google to search the web but it seems
> there was no bugreport about this? Bug or feature?
Not everything happen via PR.
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Florent Thoumie
flz@FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD Committer
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