Alex Kirk <alex@schnarff.com> wrote:

> First off: if I run "make package" for a package such as lang/perl58, will 
> it install on top of my existing software? From Packages.txt and what I've 
> seen watching messages scroll by, it seems like the answer is 
> definitely...but I wanted to get confirmation, because I don't want to step 
> on things like my Qmail install. If I'm right here, is there a way to avoid 
> such munging? 


I'd suggest creating a sandbox for your builds.  See
/usr/pkgsrc/Packages.txt for details on how to set up a sandboxed
bulk-build.  Note that this approach can also be used to build
individual packages (ie non-bulk).

In fact, on one of my machines I use the DESTDIR I used to build a new
userland as a sandbox by chroot'ing into it.

-Jan

P.S.: Such questions are best posted to tech-pkg@netbsd.org

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