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| author | rillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org> | 2006-10-02 16:37:47 +0000 |
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| committer | rillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org> | 2006-10-02 16:37:47 +0000 |
| commit | f387e4b53ed5786a839b7db3d9652525570e6b64 (patch) | |
| tree | b479f54ef9839405d9e3e7f9caca13f20047a0e5 /doc/guide | |
| parent | ad2df9fe1a38d057dc09184c5ae9b74e3ac3f814 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-f387e4b53ed5786a839b7db3d9652525570e6b64.tar.gz | |
Added the default values for the four root directories of pkgsrc.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guide')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guide/files/files.xml | 31 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/files.xml b/doc/guide/files/files.xml index fd68ea73217..1a018a3b0ec 100644 --- a/doc/guide/files/files.xml +++ b/doc/guide/files/files.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $NetBSD: files.xml,v 1.1 2006/09/19 17:50:38 rillig Exp $ --> +<!-- $NetBSD: files.xml,v 1.2 2006/10/02 16:37:47 rillig Exp $ --> <chapter id="files"> <title>Directory layout of the installed files</title> @@ -11,7 +11,30 @@ hierarchy. Later it was largely influenced by NetBSD. But no matter which operating system you are using pkgsrc with, you can expect the same layout for pkgsrc.</para> -<para>There are mainly three root directories for pkgsrc:</para> +<para>There are mainly three root directories for pkgsrc, which are all +configurable in the <filename>bootstrap/bootstrap</filename> script. +When pkgsrc has been installed as root, the default locations +are:</para> + +<programlisting> + LOCALBASE= /usr/pkg + PKG_SYSCONFBASE= /usr/pkg/etc + VARBASE= /var + PKGDBDIR= /var/db/pkg +</programlisting> + +<para>In unprivileged mode (when pkgsrc has been installed as any other +user), the default locations are:</para> + +<programlisting> + LOCALBASE= ${HOME}/pkg + PKG_SYSCONFBASE= ${HOME}/pkg/etc + VARBASE= ${HOME}/pkg/var + PKGDBDIR= ${HOME}/pkg/var/db/pkg +</programlisting> + +<para>What these four directories are for, and what they look like is +explained below.</para> <itemizedlist> @@ -36,10 +59,10 @@ itself.</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <sect1 id="files.localbase"> -<title>File system layout in <literal>${PREFIX}</literal></title> +<title>File system layout in <literal>${LOCALBASE}</literal></title> <para>The following directories exist in a typical pkgsrc installation -in <filename>${PREFIX}</filename>.</para> +in <filename>${LOCALBASE}</filename>.</para> <variablelist> |