From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 17 14:25:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com [24.2.89.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E13D614C84 for ; Mon, 17 May 1999 14:25:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) id RAA00101; Mon, 17 May 1999 17:26:07 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from cjc) From: "Crist J. Clark" Message-Id: <199905172126.RAA00101@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Subject: Re: pkg_create Guide/Tutorial In-Reply-To: from Doug White at "May 17, 99 01:39:21 pm" To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu (Doug White) Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 17:26:07 -0400 (EDT) Cc: cjclark@home.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: cjclark@home.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Doug White wrote, > On Sat, 15 May 1999, Crist J. Clark wrote: > > > I'm looking for some more documentation on how to build a > > package. I've searched the Handbook and FAQ as well as the mail > > archive at the website. No sources more helpful than the pkg_create(1) > > manpage, which says, > > I suggest making a port first, then use 'make package' to handle > pkg_create for you. Before I try that, I should point out why I want to just distribute a package and request comments. The software in question has an RSA key encoded within it. For the program to be of the most use, it must contain a registered key. A port compiled by any joeuser will not have a blessed key, for that reason, the program should only be distributed as a binary. (If anyone cares, the program in question is a Netrek client.) My initial impulse would be to just make a package of the binary. However, I know that that a number of ports actually do not build from source (e.g. Netscape). Would my best option be to make a port that installs a pre-compiled binary? Then make a package? -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message