From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 4 13:52:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C27816A4CE for ; Thu, 4 Nov 2004 13:52:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3325043D1D for ; Thu, 4 Nov 2004 13:52:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1])iA4DqCOU004749 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 4 Nov 2004 13:52:12 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)iA4DqBpF004748; Thu, 4 Nov 2004 13:52:11 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 13:52:11 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: Gert Cuykens Message-ID: <20041104135211.GB4296@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Gert Cuykens , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="R3G7APHDIzY6R/pk" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.5.6 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Thu, 04 Nov 2004 13:52:12 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040904, clamav-milter version 0.75l on smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL autolearn=ham version=3.0.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_create X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 13:52:21 -0000 --R3G7APHDIzY6R/pk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. =20 > And do you use pkg_create like this pkg_create pkgname > /var/db/pkg/... or like this pkg_create pkgname /usr/ports/... >=20 > 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 --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --R3G7APHDIzY6R/pk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBijQLiD657aJF7eIRAkm0AKCJCJgOewPPSWNp5V+Qe3OXto3Z4wCdGYOY J7aI/+BXXBAuegLNaQ/KTVs= =tRWS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --R3G7APHDIzY6R/pk--