Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 13:52:11 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_create Message-ID: <20041104135211.GB4296@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <ef60af090411040517644ab610@mail.gmail.com> References: <ef60af090411040517644ab610@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 02:17:55PM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote:
> When you do make install in a ports application /usr/ports/...
> Does it create a pkg in /var/db/pkg/... ?
No. The stuff that gets stored in /var/db/pkg is *part* of what's
required to make a package -- given that, and an installed port you can use
# pkg_create -b pkg-name
to generate a complete package. The contents of /var/db/pkg serve to
document all of the files belonging to the package, their checksums,
various scripts used to install or deinstall the package, what the
package depends on, etc.
> And do you use pkg_create like this pkg_create pkgname
> /var/db/pkg/... or like this pkg_create pkgname /usr/ports/...
>
> Whats the difference between /var/db/pkg/... and /usr/ports/pakages/... ?
No -- you shouldn't output anything to /var/db/pkg, except for what
pkg_add(1) etc. produce automatically. Packages you create for later
installation elsewhere can be profitably saved under
/usr/ports/packages which lets other package management tools find
them automatically.
Cheers,
Matthew
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