Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 12:29:37 -0800 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com>, FreeBSD-PORTS <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Package location Message-ID: <49F9944E-C504-4C7D-81FC-1A2938540554@lafn.org> In-Reply-To: <20080303214315.687a7ad1@it.buh.tecnik93.com> References: <9AF8FFA7-2CD9-4C6D-87CD-0E78E95FECD7@lafn.org> <790a9fff0803022350q6dd4d47bn74858d8c4f212cc@mail.gmail.com> <BD67D53C-5206-4DDA-84EA-9C0ECA6BE301@lafn.org> <20080303214315.687a7ad1@it.buh.tecnik93.com>
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On Mar 3, 2008, at 11:43, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote: > On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 00:39:54 -0800 > Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> wrote: > >> >> 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. > > Probably you chose not to install the ports tarball. Nope. That was selected and installed.
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