Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 19:17:58 +0000 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Forrest Aldrich <forrie@forrie.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Packages and dependencies... Message-ID: <20050317191758.GB91771@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4239D713.1010200@forrie.com> References: <42392B72.1060301@forrie.com> <4239779D.3020903@mac.com> <4239C006.7000000@forrie.com> <20050317184148.GX91771@hub.freebsd.org> <4239D48C.8040809@forrie.com> <20050317190639.GZ91771@hub.freebsd.org> <4239D713.1010200@forrie.com>
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On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 02:14:27PM -0500, Forrest Aldrich wrote:
> I think I see what's going on here.
>
> The "package-recursive" makes *.tgz packages IN the dependency
> directories. But then, it seems that you need go back and copy those
> over to <wherever> and ensure that those packages are installed first
> before the primary port...
They should be created in ${PACKAGES} if it exists.
> I was under the impression that "package-recursive" would create a
> larger *.tgz file that included some of the dependencies.
No.
> How then does that installation (pkg_add or pkg_add -p /another/path)
> work with this scenario - is there a recommended approach.
pkg_add has a search path where it looks for packages.
Note: pkg_add -p often won't do what you expect, because many ports
need to hard-code the full path with which they were built.
Kris
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