From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 2 18:27:20 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AFC415360 for ; Wed, 2 Jun 1999 18:27:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA88773; Wed, 2 Jun 1999 21:26:37 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 21:26:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: Chris Costello Cc: Ben Rosengart , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: documentation on packages In-Reply-To: <19990602200604.E38175@holly.dyndns.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Chris Costello wrote: > On Wed, Jun 2, 1999, Chuck Robey wrote: > > Actually, I'd do the port, then use the stuff from pkg_create to add > > notation to the PLIST to get what you're asking for. > > Or, once you're finished with your port... > > make install > make package > make deinstall Which wouldn't work alone, because he said he had some special things he wanted the package to execute. He'll have to doctor the PLIST with some @exec lines to get the features he wants, then do the lines above. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message