Re: Two pkcsrc installations in parallel?

[Thomas Lazar <ibn%razal.de@localhost>]

Thanks to all the people who answered me directly or via the list. 

I might actually get this to work then :) 

Best regards, 
Thomas 

> On 25. Apr 2019, at 23:23, Roland Illig <roland.illig%gmx.de@localhost> wrote:
> 
> Am 25.04.2019 um 19:54 schrieb Thomas Lazar:
>> Hi there.
>> 
>> I wanted to ask if it is possible to have two pkgsrc installations running in parallel?
> 
> Yes, it's possible. The pkgsrc installations (binary packages, PREFIX)
> must be in completely different directories, though.
> 
> Since you mentioned qmail, its prefix is configurable, as documented in
> mk/defaults/mk.conf. In that file you also find all other base
> directories. Just search for "=[[:space:]]*/".
> 
> My idea would be to install the pkgsrc installations into /usr/pkg (the
> old one) and /usr/pkg-2019Q1 (new current one).
> 
> Several years ago, qmail was required to be installed in /var/qmail,
> otherwise redistribution was forbidden. That restriction is gone.
> 
> So what you want to do is entirely possible.
> 
> Best,
> Roland