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



* On 2020-11-29 at 00:14 GMT, Ottavio Caruso wrote:

> We're going around in circles here: Pkgsrc defaults to having $VARBASE on
> /var for all bootstraps. If I have multiple bootstraps and different
> $PREFIX[es], unless I also set $VARBASE to $PREFIX/var, all bootstraps will
> share /var/db/*.

That's simply not true.  VARBASE will only default to /var if
PREFIX=/usr/pkg.  The bootstrap script logic is very clear.

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