pkgsrc bootstrap?

[Toby Karyadi]

Yiorgos Adamopoulos wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> I did the following:
> 
> # ./bootstrap --pkgdbdir /var/db/pkgsrc
> # /usr/pkg/sbin/pkg_info
> digest-20050323     Message digest wrapper utility
> # cd /usr/pkgsrc/misc/screen ; bmake build install clean
> # /usr/pkg/sbin/pkg_info
> digest-20050323     Message digest wrapper utility
> 
> but:
> 
> # ls -ld /var/db/pkg/screen*
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  512 Jul  8 11:49 /var/db/pkg/screen-4.0.2nb1
> 
> The same happened with minicom also (which installs several ports in the
> process).
> 
> Is this an error, or do I misunderstand the meaning of --pkgdbdir


I think you're just ls-ing the wrong dir

You had
> # ls -ld /var/db/pkg/screen*
Isn't it supposed to be 
# ls -ld /var/db/pkgsrc/screen*

I've done what you did a few times now, and pkgdbdir was always where it
should've been. Damn persnickety computers... 

I hope that helps.