Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 18:03:51 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net> To: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/9422 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901101802180.9536-100000@guru.phone.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.02.9901101943450.18505-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net>
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/usr/ports/package/All doesn't seem to exist on my system (3.0-RELEASE). Should "make package" install the package in that directory by default, and my not having it is creating the problem? <mike On Sun, 10 Jan 1999, Steve Price wrote: > Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 19:45:17 -0600 (CST) > From: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> > To: Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net> > Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: ports/9422 > > On Sun, 10 Jan 1999, Mike Meyer wrote: > > # Nope - I'm not setting it at all. Like I said, I don't deal with > # packages very often. > # > # Having played with it, it looks like the command in the docs should > # be: > # > # PKG_PATH=`pwd` pkg_add `make package-name` > # > # for sh users, anyway. Either that, or a step needs to be added to copy > # the package file created by "make package" to the right place. Or > # maybe just clarifying this, so that when you get people who don't deal > # with packages submitting ports, it avoids the problem. > > How about the attached patch for the handbook? > > -steve > > Index: porting.sgml > =================================================================== > RCS file: /u/FreeBSD/cvs/doc/handbook/porting.sgml,v > retrieving revision 1.120 > diff -u -r1.120 porting.sgml > --- porting.sgml 1999/01/01 12:15:49 1.120 > +++ porting.sgml 1999/01/11 01:43:13 > @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ > <item><tt>make install</tt> > <item><tt>make package</tt> > <item><tt>make deinstall</tt> > - <item><tt>pkg_add `make package-name`</tt> > + <item><tt>PKG_PATH=`pwd` pkg_add `make package-name`</tt> > <item><tt>make deinstall</tt> > <item><tt>make reinstall</tt> > <item><tt>make package</tt> > @@ -191,7 +191,10 @@ > <tt/package/ and <tt/deinstall/ stages. After step 3, check > to see if all the new directories are correctly deleted. > Also, try using the software after step 4, to ensure that it > - works correctly when installed from a package. > + works correctly when installed from a package. Note if step > + 4 fails complaining that it can't find the package then try > + setting <tt>PKG_PATH</tt> to <tt>/usr/ports/package/All</tt>. > + See the manpage for <tt>pkg_add(1)</tt> for more details. > > <sect2> > <heading>Checking your port with portlint<label id="porting:portlint"></heading> > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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