Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin Makefile src/usr.bin/pkg_radd Makefile pkg_radd.1 pkg_radd.sh

["Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Justin C. Sherrill wrote:
> mk.conf is supposed to hold settings for pkgsrc.  It doesn't matter that
> it's a make file.  Also, we know where it is:

I know, I'd like to use it.  It does matter that it is a make file, 
because I can't source is from shell.

> http://www.dragonflybsd.org/cvsweb/src/nrelease/root/etc/mk.conf

That's the livecd etc, default /etc doesn't contain a mk.conf.

> Even if we wanted to change that (it probably should be in
> $LOCALBASE/etc/mk.conf, as it's a pkgsrc thing), it's easier to change
> that install location than to add a new utility and config file.

The problem is that we don't know where $LOCALBASE is.  This is compiled 
into the pkg_* tools.

> pkg_radd is a good idea; I'm all for making it easier to install things. 
> I'm pointing out that we have an easy way to do this already.

It might seem easy, but it's not really...

cheers
  simon