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Subject: Re: Media Packages Vs. Ports
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On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> wr=
ote:
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:41 AM, <vrwmiller@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> =A0Is 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.=A0 When build a port you can issue a make package command=
, or
> you can use pkg_create to create packages from installed ported.=A0 A com=
mon
> approach to this is build all your updates in a jail, make packages of th=
em,
> then delete package from the host and install the newly built ones from t=
he
> jail.=A0 Very small, if any downtime.=A0 You can use the jail to create p=
kg'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?


--=20
Take care
Rick Miller