Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 17:26:07 -0400 (EDT) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu (Doug White) Cc: cjclark@home.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pkg_create Guide/Tutorial Message-ID: <199905172126.RAA00101@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905171338570.15052-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> from Doug White at "May 17, 99 01:39:21 pm"
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Doug White wrote, > On Sat, 15 May 1999, Crist J. Clark wrote: > > > I'm looking for some more documentation on how to build a > > package. I've searched the Handbook and FAQ as well as the mail > > archive at the website. No sources more helpful than the pkg_create(1) > > manpage, which says, > > I suggest making a port first, then use 'make package' to handle > pkg_create for you. Before I try that, I should point out why I want to just distribute a package and request comments. The software in question has an RSA key encoded within it. For the program to be of the most use, it must contain a registered key. A port compiled by any joeuser will not have a blessed key, for that reason, the program should only be distributed as a binary. (If anyone cares, the program in question is a Netrek client.) My initial impulse would be to just make a package of the binary. However, I know that that a number of ports actually do not build from source (e.g. Netscape). Would my best option be to make a port that installs a pre-compiled binary? Then make a package? -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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