Subject: PKG_DBDIR default (was Re: pkg-vulnverabilities location)
To: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
From: Eric Haszlakiewicz <erh@nimenees.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 02/10/2005 21:34:06
On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 01:33:01PM -0800, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 13:50 -0600, Eric Haszlakiewicz wrote:
> > > I customize it too, but just to keep all relatively static package
> > > stuff in one place. (all under /usr/pkg as /usr/pkg/var/db/pkg)
> > > So what do you consider to be the "right" place?
>
> > I'm actually using ${PREFIX}/libdata/pkgdb. After all this data is
> > only modified during (de)installation, and at that time, you already
>
> I may be misunderstanding this thread now though. Maybe it is not about
> pkg-vulnerabilities in ${PKGVULNDIR} any more ...
er.. yeah, this was in regards to PKG_DBDIR aka /var/db/pkg.
sorry about that. Changed the subject.
> (I do agree that files that are only modified during install/deinstall
> could go to in libdata.)
Sounds good to me. Changing PKG_DBDIR seems difficult though.
eric