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Subject: Re: what is pkg_create doing?
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On Thu, 31 May 2007 09:47:20 -0400
Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote:

> paul beard <paulbeard@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > I realize it should be obvious from the name but it seems to
> > linger for several minutes after each package is installed.
> >
> > PID      USERNAME    THR PRI NICE   SIZE    RES STATE  C   TIME    
> > WCPU COMMAND
> > 55763         root              1    121    0     1852K  1232K
> > RUN 0   2:38 95.73% pkg_create
> >
> > I am new to 6.2 (being a belated migrator from 4.x): is there a
> > knob somewhere to turn off pkg creation? Not that I see any
> > packages being kept anywhere . . . .
> 
> When a package is built, it is always done *after* the port has been
> installed into $PREFIX.  As far as I recall, packages don't get built
> unless you explicitly ask for them, so the command you used to install
> the program is what you need to look at for details.

I think pkg_create is used to register the package in /var/db/pkg even
when no package file is created.