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authorrh <rh>2002-03-27 20:50:33 +0000
committerrh <rh>2002-03-27 20:50:33 +0000
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Make it explicit that the warning about mixing LOCALBASE with the rest of
the system applies both ways, i.e., don't set LOCALBASE to where you have your system files, *and vice versa*, as this repeatetly has lead to problems (see PRs 15999 and 16029 for the latest examples).
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.240 2002/03/23 22:52:32 hubertf Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.241 2002/03/27 20:50:33 rh Exp $
###########################################################################
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@@ -276,12 +276,15 @@ your packages tree. So, to use /usr/local, set
in your environment. Please note that you should use a root which is
dedicated to packages and not shared with other programs (ie, do not try
-and use LOCALBASE=/usr). This is to prevent possible conflicts between
-programs and other files installed by the package system and whatever else
-may have been installed there. There is, of course, one exception to
-this - X11 packages are traditionally installed in the X11 tree. The
-definition used to identify the root of the X11 tree is the X11BASE
-definition.
+and use LOCALBASE=/usr). Also, you should not try to add any of your
+own files or directories (such as, for example, src, obj, or pkgsrc) below
+the LOCALBASE tree. This is to prevent possible conflicts between programs
+and other files installed by the package system and whatever else may have
+been installed there.
+
+There is, of course, one exception to this - X11 packages are traditionally
+installed in the X11 tree. The definition used to identify the root of the
+X11 tree is the X11BASE definition.
It is possible to install X11 packages in the LOCALBASE tree, for
which you must install the xpkgwedge package