From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 21 04:36:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA02709 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 04:36:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.techno-link.com (root@ns.techno-link.com [212.36.0.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA02673 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 04:36:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from plamendp@ns.techno-link.com) Received: from techno-link.com (ilkom@pool6-var.techno-link.com [212.36.1.197]) by mail.techno-link.com (8.8.8/8.8.602) with ESMTP id OAA09522 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 14:35:29 +0300 Posted-Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 14:35:29 +0300 Message-ID: <35B47CA1.D836D91E@techno-link.com> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 14:33:53 +0300 From: Plamen Petkov X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: little package mysteries References: <19980717172059.30831@welearn.com.au> <199807171324.GAA00593@ix.netcom.com> <19980718001734.19076@welearn.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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/ 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