Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 16:15:16 +0100 From: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>, Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_create Message-ID: <ef60af0904110407156320d52a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20041104135211.GB4296@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <ef60af090411040517644ab610@mail.gmail.com> <20041104135211.GB4296@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 13:52:11 +0000, Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 02:17:55PM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote: > > When you do make install in a ports application /usr/ports/... > > Does it create a pkg in /var/db/pkg/... ? > > No. The stuff that gets stored in /var/db/pkg is *part* of what's > required to make a package -- given that, and an installed port you can use > > # pkg_create -b pkg-name > > to generate a complete package. The contents of /var/db/pkg serve to > document all of the files belonging to the package, their checksums, > various scripts used to install or deinstall the package, what the > package depends on, etc. > > > And do you use pkg_create like this pkg_create pkgname > > /var/db/pkg/... or like this pkg_create pkgname /usr/ports/... > > > > Whats the difference between /var/db/pkg/... and /usr/ports/pakages/... ? > > No -- you shouldn't output anything to /var/db/pkg, except for what > pkg_add(1) etc. produce automatically. Packages you create for later > installation elsewhere can be profitably saved under > /usr/ports/packages which lets other package management tools find > them automatically. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow > Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK > So a complete pakage is /var/db/pkg/... and /usr/ports/distfiles/... put together with pkg_create in /usr/ports/pakages/...
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