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| author | jperkin <jperkin> | 2016-11-15 11:19:09 +0000 |
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| committer | jperkin <jperkin> | 2016-11-15 11:19:09 +0000 |
| commit | 7099f97efa2dad82fee8ffd10258d61f27218aa8 (patch) | |
| tree | bc3814fb025f5bbf65f62cbf249e6280e3ee524c /bootstrap/README.FreeBSD | |
| parent | d6995cd47df0eb8ee761417b3cc85563707e3385 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-7099f97efa2dad82fee8ffd10258d61f27218aa8.tar.gz | |
Change the default PKG_DBDIR to be ${LOCALBASE}/pkgdb. Resolves issues on
other BSDs which already use /var/db/pkg for the native package manager.
Diffstat (limited to 'bootstrap/README.FreeBSD')
| -rw-r--r-- | bootstrap/README.FreeBSD | 11 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/bootstrap/README.FreeBSD b/bootstrap/README.FreeBSD index 5d2764e5622..f9a4fc0919f 100644 --- a/bootstrap/README.FreeBSD +++ b/bootstrap/README.FreeBSD @@ -1,15 +1,11 @@ -$NetBSD: README.FreeBSD,v 1.6 2013/12/16 10:43:09 asau Exp $ +$NetBSD: README.FreeBSD,v 1.7 2016/11/15 11:19:09 jperkin Exp $ Please read the general README file as well. Care should be taken so that the tools that this kit installs do not conflict -with the FreeBSD userland tools. There are several steps: +with the FreeBSD userland tools. -1. FreeBSD stores its ports pkg database in /var/db/pkg. It is therefore -recommended that you choose a different location (e.g. /usr/pkg/pkgdb) by -using the --pkgdbdir option to the bootstrap script. - -2. If you do not intend to use the FreeBSD ports tools, it may be a +If you do not intend to use the FreeBSD ports tools, it may be a good idea to move them out of the way to avoid confusion, e.g.: cd /usr/sbin mv pkg_add pkg_add.orig @@ -19,6 +15,5 @@ good idea to move them out of the way to avoid confusion, e.g.: Alternatively, take care to get pkgsrc tools first in PATH. - bootstrap-pkgsrc has been tested on FreeBSD 4.x and 5.x (i386). pkgsrc works well on FreeBSD 6.2-6.4, 7.1-7.3 (i386), 9.0-9.1 (amd64). |