Re: /var/db/pkg vs /usr/pkg/pkgdb, /usr/sbin/pkg* vs /usr/pkg/sbin/pkg* and default PATH

[Connor McLaughlan <cont6pro3%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 1:56 AM Ottavio Caruso
<ottavio2006-usenet2012%yahoo.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> On 27/11/2020 21:24, Connor McLaughlan wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 1:52 AM Ottavio Caruso
> > <ottavio2006-usenet2012%yahoo.com@localhost> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 26/11/2020 15:23, Benny Siegert wrote:
> >>> On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 4:19 PM Mayuresh <mayuresh%acm.org@localhost> wrote:
> >>>> Sorry, I missed the point. I should not do bootstrap? I thought that's
> >>>> necessary to get pkgsrc set.
> >>>
> >>> Only on non-NetBSD systems. Think of the NetBSD base as having a
> >>> default bootstrap included.
> >>>
> >>
> >> What of you do a second bootstrap on NetBSD? Let's say pkgsrc-current on
> >> top of the stable packages?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Ottavio Caruso
> >
> > If you use a second live pkgsrc on the same system it can only reside
> > in a location apart from /usr/pkgsrc, /usr/pkg ...
> >
> > You have to keep all intersections apart and cannot use prebuilt
> > binary packages from a /usr/pkgsrc build on a /usr/pkgsrc-current,
> > /usr/pkg-current setup.
> > So you also have to clear your path variable of reference to /usr/pkg
> > and replace them with your new second pkgsrc and also bootstrap that
> > pkgsrc because the build tools and everything will need to be adjusted
> > to the new paths and will result in building a bmake that knows how to
> > handle them. So you need to compile and run stuff on the new pkgsrc by
> > setting up your path and using the correct bmake instead of the system
> > make.
>
> Still, you're sharing $VARBASE, which, unless set otherwise, defaults to
> /var.
>
>
> --
> Ottavio Caruso
>

Of course..i forgot to mention it...you also set varbase on bootstrap
to completely keep two different pkgsrc installations apart...
So:
Unpack a new pkgsrc tree to for example /usr/upkg
Clean your path from standard pkgsrc path, add the new ones
/usr/upkg/bin:/usr/upkg/sbin
Then bootstrap: ./bootstrap --prefix /usr/upkg --varbase /usr/upkg/var

After that you get the bmake that has the new paths incorporated and
also your pkg databases are apart and not interfering.

You select between the pkgsrc versions by setting the path accordingly.

Caveat as already mentioned: you have to compile everything yourself
for the pgksrc using the non-standard paths.

Regards,
Connor