On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 10:33:26AM -0400, blsecres@ssdtgsm.com wrote:
> 
> I've found a workaround for this problem which could point to other issues.
> It appears that _PKG_DBDIR is set to different values in bsd.prefs.mk based
> on whether or not pkgviews are being used.  If pkgviews are being used,
> pkg_admin is set to search DEPOTBASE for installed packages.  If pkgviews
> aren't being used, PKG_DBDIR is searched for installed packages.  My
> problem occurs because libiconv is not using pkgviews at the moment and
> isn't in the package depot.  All packages have entries in PKG_DBDIR don't
> they?  Why isn't this directory always searched?

This is explicitly not supported.  See pkgsrc/mk/buildlink3/PKGVIEWS_UG
and pkgsrc/mk/buildlink3/README for more information.

> Here's my workaround:
> Index: bsd.prefs.mk
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/pkgsrc/mk/bsd.prefs.mk,v
> retrieving revision 1.164
> diff -r1.164 bsd.prefs.mk
> 392c392
> < .if ${PKG_INSTALLATION_TYPE} == "overwrite"
> ---
> > #.if ${PKG_INSTALLATION_TYPE} == "overwrite"
> 394,396c394,396
> < .elif ${PKG_INSTALLATION_TYPE} == "pkgviews"
> < _PKG_DBDIR=		${DEPOTBASE}
> < .endif
> ---
> > #.elif ${PKG_INSTALLATION_TYPE} == "pkgviews"
> > #_PKG_DBDIR=		${DEPOTBASE}
> > #.endif
> -- 

No, this is wrong.  You should uninstall your libiconv and reinstall
it using pkgviews.

	Cheers,

	-- Johnny Lam <jlam@NetBSD.org>