On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Daniel R. Killoran,Ph.D. wrote:

> There seems to be some confusion about where the packages should be.
> 
> The Packages.txt document says they live in /usr/pkg, which does not
> (initially) exist. A "find", however, shows them in /usr/src/usr.sbin/

what you're seeing in /usr/src/usr.sbin are the sources for
pkg_{info,add,...} tools which are the programs for manipulating packages.

The actual packages themselves typically live in /usr/pkg

> 
> Moreover, Packages.txt claims the packages set should live under
> /usr/pkgsrc/,
yes.  package sources typically live in /usr/pkgsrc


> but a straightforward install puts it under /
> No problem to move it, of course, but what's the story?
haven't downloaded pkgsrc.tar.gz lately, but if it extracts everything
into '.' then you should cd to /usr/pkgsrc before extracting.
 
> Also, is LOCALBASE supposed to exist initially?
not sure.