Re: musings about pkgsrc under Solaris

[Aleksey Cheusov <cheusov%tut.by@localhost>]

> Hi!

> After trying pkgsrc on several Solaris boxes in the last two months, I
> have summarized some of my experiences:

> http://www.oe-files.de/oefiles/lab/solpkgsrc

> I know there are several other guides out there (the pkgsrc guide
> itself, the Wiki on NetBSD.se). But I had the impression, that some
> problems I encountered were not mentioned there.

> Of course, comments are welcome.
Instead of OBJHOSTNAME, I'd recommend WRKOBJDIR.
This allows to keep pkgsrc source tree read only.

For pkgsrc gcc as a bootstrap compiler I personally whould prefer
external PREFIX, for example, /usr/pkg_gcc.
This can simplify running bulk builds.

-- 
Best regards, Aleksey Cheusov.