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From: Kevin McEnhill <mcenhillk@mac.com>
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Making packages from /usr/ports
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 20:44:16 -0600
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Howdy,

First off, I would like to say that the build mechanism for the ports is VERY 
impressive! I have been studying them for the past couple of days now and I 
hope I will be able to understand the entire process some day.

Now for my question. I have been playing around with KDE2 from the STABLE 
cvsup tree. When I build a port I issue the command `# make package`. The 
port is downloaded, compiled, installed, and made into a package. The problem 
is that the ports that were installed as dependecies are not made into 
packages, they are just installed. If I then do a `# make package`, make 
complains loadly that the port is already installed and quits with an `Error 
1`. I know it is already installed, I just want to package it up. Is there an 
enviromental variable that I can set to make the build process do a `# make 
package` instead of a `# make install`? Is there a clean way of building 
packages out of the ports that have already installed themselfs?

Thanks


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