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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/pkg_install')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/pkg_add.1 | 25 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/pkg_add.1 b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/pkg_add.1 index 0bde3c324d6..fa790017481 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/pkg_add.1 +++ b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/pkg_add.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: pkg_add.1,v 1.23 2000/07/06 04:15:08 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: pkg_add.1,v 1.24 2000/07/18 22:02:52 espie Exp $ .\" .\" FreeBSD install - a package for the installation and maintainance .\" of non-core utilities. @@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ is installed, even if the user might change it with the flag to .Cm pkg_add . .Sh ENVIRONMENT -.Bl -tag -width PKG_DBDIR +.Bl -tag -width PKG_TMPDIR .It Ev PKG_PATH If a given package name cannot be found, the directories named by @@ -386,6 +386,9 @@ period .It Ev PKG_DBDIR Where to register packages instead of .Pa /var/db/pkg . +.It Ev PKG_TMPDIR +Temporary area where packages will be extracted, instead of +.Pa /var/tmp . .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr pkg_create 1 , @@ -401,6 +404,24 @@ Initial work and ongoing development. .It "John Kohl" NetBSD refinements. .El +.Sh CAVEATS +Package extraction does need a temporary area that +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +is big enough to hold the complete extracted package, +.It +can hold executable scripts. +.El +.Pp +.Nm +looks through ${PKG_TMPDIR}, ${TMPDIR}, /var/tmp, /tmp, /usr/tmp +for such an area, in sequence. +.Pp +If ${TMPDIR} and /var/tmp are mounted noexec, you must set PKG_TMPDIR +to a suitable area, as +.Nm +has no way to check for noexec status except by failing to run installation +scripts. .Sh BUGS Hard links between files in a distribution are only preserved if either (1) the staging area is on the same file system as the target directory of |