Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 01:50:39 -0600 From: "Scot Hetzel" <swhetzel@gmail.com> To: "Doug Hardie" <bc979@lafn.org> Cc: FreeBSD-PORTS <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Package location Message-ID: <790a9fff0803022350q6dd4d47bn74858d8c4f212cc@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9AF8FFA7-2CD9-4C6D-87CD-0E78E95FECD7@lafn.org> References: <9AF8FFA7-2CD9-4C6D-87CD-0E78E95FECD7@lafn.org>
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On 3/2/08, Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> wrote: > Adding ports to FreeBSD 7 I normally build from source and create a > package. With previous versions the created packages went into /usr/ > ports/packages/All. However the packages directory was not created on > a new installation. The packages were being built in the ports top > level directory. Before I noticed that, I created a packages > directory and the remaining packages are being built in it as before. > I didn't find any indications of a change in the various notes with > the release. Has there been a change in the package structure? > That is how it always worked. If you don't create the /usr/ports/packages directory, then make package in /usr/ports/<category>/<port> will place the newly created package in this directory. Scot
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