Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 14:33:53 +0300 From: Plamen Petkov <plamendp@techno-link.com> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: little package mysteries Message-ID: <35B47CA1.D836D91E@techno-link.com> References: <19980717172059.30831@welearn.com.au> <199807171324.GAA00593@ix.netcom.com> <19980718001734.19076@welearn.com.au>
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Sue Blake wrote: > When it tries to install another package (having first established that > that other package has not already been installed), where, oh where, > does it look for that package. Where does it expect the package to be > physically located. Not the record of its being installed, I mean the > actual package. > The info about pkg's installed are recorded in the /var/db/pkg/<the-package> There are description files, contents files.. etc... open the contents file... there you aill find where "oh where" THIS package WAS actualy installed.. :-) normaly they are in the */local/* tree (i.e. /usr/local etc., not mandatory though) > If it can't find a required package, will the installation be cancelled > or will it proceed with a warning? Or could it be made to go either > way, and if that is the case, what determines which way it goes? predefined as far as I know - it will install all that is possible and will warn you that "dependence" package is missing or not installed etc. -- Plamen D. Petkov [remove the extra @] plamendp@@techno-link.com ( plamendp@@netscape.net ICQ# 2214327 [pdp] AOL IM Buddy: plamendp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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