Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 23:24:54 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Tim Pushor <timp@orion.ab.ca> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ahhhh More pkg_add problems Message-ID: <5540.865405494@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 03 Jun 1997 21:30:05 -0000." <Pine.BSI.3.96.970603212413.22762A-100000@centaur.orion.ab.ca>
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> I am attempting to create a package containing software I wrote for easy > installation. The problem is that my package requires another package to > be installed. I use the @pkgdep statement in the packing list to state the > dependancy. > > When I try to install my package and I don't have the package my package > depends on installed, it installs anyway, but gives me an error (kind of) > like this: > > /var/spool/db/pkg/<name>/+REQUIRED BY not found Hmmmm. That _should_ work - let me look into it. > 2) (somewhat unrelated0 is there a way that I can abort the install based > on the return value of a shell script? For example, I tried: Yes, that's what the "requirements" script is for - take a look at the man page for pkg_create. Jordan
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