I installed the pkgsrc following step by step the howto, i used the cvs
way, it is not so easy like howto says, actually follow strictly the
steps gives Error.
I find this is one of those basic howtos that every new user gets, so it
is important to give a easy way to get through.
The problem is
./bootstrap --pkgdbdir /var/db/pkg --prefix /usr/pkg
fails, becouse there is already another mk file and bmake cant overwrite it.
(first error, after solve this one there is bmake, pax, pkg_install, same
behavior...)
I found this googling:
# build new version
cd /usr/pkgsrc/devel/bmake
/usr/pkg/bin/bmake
# make pkgsrc forget about the bmake pkg
rm -r /var/db/pkg/bmake*
# install new version
/usr/pkg/bin/bmake install
# restore "not for deletion" state
cd /var/db/pkg/bmake*
date > +PRESERVE
It should work in most cases, I think.
-Tobias
Using that idea, i removed the mk, bmake, pax, pkg_install directories
from db, and rerun the bootstrap (several times, i was removing files
while each error was asking for it).
I dont know if thats the right way to proceed, but it actually works.
Do you think i should add these extra steps to the howto? or someone
know how to do it right from the begining? or can we make the bootstrap
do all the work changing some code and the howto is ok?
Damian Vicino
