From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 23 17:53:32 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 10B3B4B6; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 17:53:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C793E250; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 17:53:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-67-138.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.67.138]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 92CCE27679; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:53:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id s2NHqwg6003908; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:52:58 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:52:58 +0100 From: Polytropon To: Matthew Seaman Subject: Re: Using pkg with build options Message-Id: <20140323185258.e389040f.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <532F15D8.10403@FreeBSD.org> References: <372190939.49499.1395582789284.JavaMail.mail@webmail12> <20140323150144.029c571e.freebsd@edvax.de> <532F15D8.10403@FreeBSD.org> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 17:53:32 -0000 On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 17:11:52 +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 23/03/2014 14:01, Polytropon wrote: > > On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 13:53:09 +0000 (UTC), Darrell Betts wrote: > >> Currently have FreeBSD 9.2 installed. I would like to start using pkg > >> install but I can't find how to use it with build options like the old > >> make install clean method. Can anyone share a light on this? > > > > Basically, you cannot do this. The new pkg obsoletes the > > traditional pkg_* tools which operate on binary packages > > which get built (by FreeBSD build systems) using the > > corresponding port's default settings. > > > > If you need to use custom-configured packages (build via > > "make install clean" or using a port management tool > > such as portmaster), this does currently not integrate > > that well with pkg. However, "poudriere" is a solution: > > You build packages with your own options and can _then_ > > use that package source with pkg. > > > > Here's a summary: https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgPrimer > > Err... what? I didn't write anything that contradicts to your or Warren's reply. :-) The conversion from pkg_* to pkg (pkgng) is easy as you did describe it. > Once pkgng-ized, the experience with installing from ports is basically > exactly the same as with pkg_tools. ie. it does some stuff behind the > scenes to register packages in the package database on installation, but > you never have to worry about it or invoke it directly. The ports infrastructure will interact with pkg in the same way as it did with the pkg_* tools (for example keeping the package database, even though it's a different database). Additional management tools (like portmaster) also keep working the same way. > You can twiddle port options to your heart's content and pkg will be > perfectly happy. > > The difference comes when you want to look at the contents of your > package database. 'pkg info -fa' shows you somewhat more than the > pkg_info equivalent, including what OPTIONS settings were used to > compile each package. In my (limited) experience, problems can arise when a port has been compiled with nonstandard options, or a port has been installed that doesn't have a corresponding binary package available from the default package source; in this case, using pkg to binarily update the installed applications will (corretly) error. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...