Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:53:53 -0500 From: "Frank J. Laszlo" <laszlof@vonostingroup.com> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: daniel quinn <freebsd@danielquinn.org> Subject: Re: building a package without installing it Message-ID: <41E30781.60708@vonostingroup.com> In-Reply-To: <41E304F0.3040209@mac.com> References: <200501101628.24793.freebsd@danielquinn.org> <200501101710.10453.freebsd@danielquinn.org> <200501101417.03984.reso3w83@verizon.net> <200501101723.20716.freebsd@danielquinn.org> <41E304F0.3040209@mac.com>
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Chuck Swiger wrote:
> daniel quinn wrote:
>
>> On January 10, 2005 05:17 pm, Michael C. Shultz wrote:
>>
>>> If the port is allready installed try:
>>> pkg_create -b {name of installed port as listed under /var/db/pkg}
>>
>>
>> cool, thanks
>> and what if i don't want it installed on this machine? if i just
>> want to build it here for use elsewhere?
>
>
> You could set up a jail and chroot into that before building the port,
> if you really want to keep your base system untouched. The pointyhat
> cluster used to build packages for the FTP servers does roughly this
> in order to provide a clean environment for testing.
>
I meant to send this before I left work, But here is a script I wrote
for doing just this.
http://www.franksworld.org/localuser_portinstall.html
Let me know if you have any questions regarding setup, This should suit
you nicely, as it will build most any port without root accessm within a
chroot type environment.
-Frank Laszlo
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