Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 00:39:54 -0800 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: "Scot Hetzel" <swhetzel@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD-PORTS <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Package location Message-ID: <BD67D53C-5206-4DDA-84EA-9C0ECA6BE301@lafn.org> In-Reply-To: <790a9fff0803022350q6dd4d47bn74858d8c4f212cc@mail.gmail.com> References: <9AF8FFA7-2CD9-4C6D-87CD-0E78E95FECD7@lafn.org> <790a9fff0803022350q6dd4d47bn74858d8c4f212cc@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mar 2, 2008, at 23:50, Scot Hetzel wrote: > 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. I don't recall ever having to create the directory. Seems like the base install created it for me. Anyway, I have moved all of them there and everything seems to work fine. Thanks.
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