Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 03:39:19 -0500 (EST) From: Derek Flowers <djflow@portwwwbus.tc.cc.va.us> To: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com> Cc: Drew Derbyshire - UUPC/extended software support <software@kew.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Binary package updates, etc. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980322032911.10136A-100000@portwwwbus.tc.cc.va.us> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980320160619.4938B-100000@portwwwbus.tc.cc.va.us>
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I've done some quick and dirty work on binary package updates and would like some comments on what I've got going, where to go in the future, etc. The files are located at http://portwwwbus.tc.cc.va.us/~djflow/pkginfo Read the README file first to get an idea of what is happening. Basically, I just took the binary distribution off the 2.2.5-RELEASE cd and created a skeleton to get it to work with pkg_add. In theory, any binary updates would work with the same skeleton. There is still the problem with digital signatures and what to do about uninstalls, reverts, etc. but I would like some input before going too far. To create the actual package, download all the files and run the makepkg script. The package it creates is named "bin-2.2.5_RELEASE.pkg". If you plan to experiment with the package, be sure to change the target directory in the makepkg script otherwise IT WILL WIPE OUT YOUR CURRENT BINARY DISTRIBUTION. Let me know what you think. ---------------------------------------- Derek Flowers djflow@erols.com http://portwwwbus.tc.cc.va.us/~djflow "640K ought to be enough for anybody." -Bill Gates, circa 1981 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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