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Date:      Tue, 11 Jun 2002 15:13:08 -0400
From:      Antoine Beaupre <anarcat@anarcat.ath.cx>
To:        John Reynolds~ <jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com>
Cc:        Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>, Pete French <pfrench@firstcallgroup.co.uk>, stijn@win.tue.nl, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: code freeze
Message-ID:  <440BE86A-7D6F-11D6-AF4B-0050E4A0BB3F@anarcat.ath.cx>
In-Reply-To: <15622.8128.314656.873511@chlx255.ch.intel.com>

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Le mardi 11 juin 2002, =E0 12:05 PM, John Reynolds~ a =E9crit :

>
> [ On Tuesday, June 11, Michael Lucas wrote: ]
>>
>> Allow me to recommend "make package" instead of "make install" when =
in
>> the port directory.
>>
>> Compile it exactly the way you want, and build it as a package.  Then
>> you can nfs-mount the package dir, and even have a shell script run
>> "pkg_add" on your new machines.
>>
>> All the advantages of packages, and none of the disadvantages.
>
> Indeed you can do that, or if you're looking for a slightly =
cheese-ball=20
> (but
> works) method, you can build and install the port and then manually=20
> delete the
>
>   work/.install_done.<portname>-<portversion>
>
> file. Then if your /usr/ports is mounted on another machine you can=20
> simply
> type "make install" again.

"make reinstall" bypasses .install_done files, IIRC.

A.


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