On Thu, 10 Apr 2014 08:07:55 -0500
Scot Hetzel wrote:
> Portmaster is not breaking hier(7).
It's not, because it's information about what was used to build the
packages, so /var/db/pkg is a legitimate location.
> Portmaster was originally designed to use the old pkg tools
> (pkg_install, ...), it has ALWAYS placed it's files
> (PM_UPGRADE_DONE_FLAG, +IGNOREME, distfiles) in
> /var/db/pkg/${PKGNAME}.
>
> The options framework is relatively new in regards to portmaster, as
> portmaster was created before the options framework existed.
It's newer than the recently reworked version of the options
framework, but /var/db/port was used for options before that.
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