PKGDIR ambiguous (was: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/info info.h main.c perform.c pkg_info.1 src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add add.h main.c perform.c pkg_add.1 src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib lib.h url.c)

[Kris Kennaway]

On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 07:07:53AM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 08:09:45AM +0200, Raphael H. Becker wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Florent,
> > 
> > PKGDIR is ambiguous in the context of ports and packages.
> > 
> > I set PKGDIR=/some/where/my/pkg in my /etc/profile which causes the
> > ports to fail badly creating any packages:
> > 
> > It is used in ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk:
> > # PKGDIR                - A directory containing any package creation
> > # files.
> > #                                 Default: ${MASTERDIR}
> > [...]
> > PKGDIR?=                ${MASTERDIR}
> > 
> > Havin set PKGDIR statically is a very bad idea here.
> 
> Yes, PKGDIR is incorrect in this usage.  The documented place where
> packages are stored is:
> 
> # PACKAGES              - A top level directory where all packages go (rather than
> #                                 going locally to each port).
> #                                 Default: ${PORTSDIR}/packages
> #

Note that packages are created by 'make package' in *subdirectories*
within this directory, as in the FTP site, i.e. All/, with Latest/,
${CATEGORY}/ links.  It would be best to be consistent with that
approach.

Kris
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