Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:03:20 +0000 From: vrwmiller@gmail.com To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re: Media Packages Vs. Ports Message-ID: <90e6ba53ac44838cef0491038428@google.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinn0VPb=G7VyZcL2pO1KwmUPCtjgNxP-aCimwpF@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sep 24, 2010 10:54am, Rick Miller <vmiller@hostileadmin.com> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Adam Vande More amvandemore@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:41 AM, vrwmiller@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Is it possible to take a port, make a package of it and put it in the > >> packages directory of my own media? > > > > Sure it's easy. When build a port you can issue a make package command, > or > > you can use pkg_create to create packages from installed ported. A > common > > approach to this is build all your updates in a jail, make packages of > them, > > then delete package from the host and install the newly built ones from > the > > jail. Very small, if any downtime. You can use the jail to create pkg's > > for a custom repository too. > I've created the package and copied it to the networked media. How do > I edit the INDEX file so that it knows how to get the file? I did figure out one way to get this to work. I copied the entry for the port from the ports index file into the packages index file and it worked. Whether or not it's an appropriate way, I am unsure.
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