Daily backups of pkgdb failure

[Hans Ottevanger]

On 05/05/11 09:09, Doug Barton wrote:
> On 05/04/2011 23:56, Hans Ottevanger wrote:
>> On 05/05/11 04:43, Doug Barton wrote:
>>> On 05/04/2011 04:49, Hans Ottevanger wrote:
>>>> make -f/usr/share/mk/bsd.port.mk -V PKG_DBDIR
>>>> "/usr/share/mk/bsd.port.mk", line 11: Could not find
>>>> /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk
>>>> make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
>>>
>>> I fixed this in HEAD by setting the default if pulling it from make
>>> fails. I will MFC ASAP.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Of course this will solve my "problem" 8-)
>>
>> But if you use something like
>>
>> pkg_dbdir=${PKG_DBDIR-/var/db/pkg}
>>
>> you will also cover the (infrequent) case where people redefine
>> PKG_DBDIR while running pkg_add et al (and actually remember to set
>> PKG_DBDIR in /etc/crontab !).
>
> To be honest, I don't care. If you are doing this kind of thing you
> deserve what you get.
>

To be clear. it is OK for me, I use defaults wherever possible.

> If you really want to move your PKG_DBDIR and can't be bothered to
> define it correctly, use a symlink. Or, if that's a problem, disable the
> backup. This "problem" is not going to affect the overwhelming number of
> freebsd users, and I don't think going through a lot of gymnastics to
> support people who do silly things is a good idea for either side.
>

My idea was that if you go through the trouble to use make to get 
PKG_DBDIR from the ports (as possibly redefined in /etc/make.conf) you 
might as well try something similar while using packages.

But again: every deliberate choice is OK for me.

Regards,

Hans