Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:47:59 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Johan Hendriks <joh.hendriks@gmail.com> Cc: "Grant D. Watson" <grant_watson@yahoo.com>, FreeBSD <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: A package for the ubuntu-font port? Message-ID: <CAN6yY1t7Cr-c_0dZUAyqap7g=WmrB8PqH_E=0vH9FrcquHRPWw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <517A50D8.50503@gmail.com> References: <1366861249.50130.YahooMailNeo@web161201.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <517A50D8.50503@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 3:03 AM, Johan Hendriks <joh.hendriks@gmail.com>wrote: > Grant D. Watson schreef: > >> Ports folks, >> >> I sent a message to Kevin Lo, since the ports search site lists his >> address for ubuntu-font, but he said this isn't his area. >> >> I am a Linux user who's been playing with FreeBSD and enjoying it; in >> creating and destroying experimental VMs I've made great use of binary >> packages. For some reason the ubuntu-font port is not available as a >> package. Would that be difficult to change? It's no hardship to >> install it from ports of course, but having it as a package would be >> convenient. >> >> Thanks for all your work. >> >> Grant >> >> >> You could create your own package after it is installed from ports. > > |pkg_create -b ubuntu-font-0.80_1 > > pkg_add <filename> will install the package. > > gr > johan > > > Or, more simply, build and install the port and then 'make package'. Both portmaster an portupgrade support package building that is generally cleaner. For portmaster, '-g' is the option -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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