PortSnap problems & relocating ports

I've been using portsnap on 6.x systems for some time now with no problems. I decided to move /usr/ports and /usr/src to their own filesystem, /build, to make it easier to backup the important system stuff. I also relocated /var/db/portsnap to /build/db/portsnap.

I thought I could edit /etc/portsnap.conf to reflect the new location, and do things as before. I edited WORKDIR and PORTSDIR, and set PORTSDIR (env var) but now I get:

# portsnap fetch
portsnap: Directory does not exist or is not writable: /var/db/portsnap

Looks like it's ignoring portsnap.conf. So I explicitly name it:

# portsnap -f /etc/portsnap.conf fetch
portsnap: Directory does not exist or is not writable: /var/db/portsnap

Same thing. What's up? So instead I specify both on the command line:

# portsnap -d /build/db/portsnap -p /build/ports fetch

Ahh.... now it works. Bug? Or am I doing something wrong.

Which brings up the next question: What's the best way to relocate the source and ports? I could grab the dull hatchet and sym-link all the defaults to the new locations. But what's the correct method?

-Thanks, Wayne
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