Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:37:59 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: rotkap@gmx.de Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make install a port, but with a package? Message-ID: <20070731063759.GA19731@rot26.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <9n13o4-826.ln1@news.hansenet.de> References: <200707310307.l6V378Ca028454@app.auscert.org.au> <46AEC854.3070508@otenet.gr> <9n13o4-826.ln1@news.hansenet.de>
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On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 08:32:58AM +0200, Heino Tiedemann wrote: > Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> wrote: > > > Make install will always compile from source. You could however use: > > > > setenv PACKAGESITE > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/ > > > > or > > > > export > > PACKAGESITE=ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/ > > (if you use bash) > > > > and then do pkg_add, will get you latest packages build from the -STABLE > > ports. You don't even have to worry about specific version numbers (i.e. > > pkg_add -r bash instead of pkg_add -r bash-3.2.17_1) so this is a close > > to a "port tree simulation" as possible. The package may still be > > lagging a few versions behind the port however (or in some cases may not > > even exist). > > What about the variable PKG_SITES? > > Once I found (in sime wiki or howto) this entry: > > > export > PACKAGESITE=ftp://ftp7.de.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/ > export PKG_SITES=ftp://ftp7.de.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/ > > > what about that variable PKG_SITES? what is it for? See pkg_add(1) kris
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