Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 20:26:22 +0100 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what is pkg_create doing? Message-ID: <20070531202622.1fad051e@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <441wgxp0k7.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <E2481673-5F23-44F8-8A81-1F1AFE531394@mac.com> <441wgxp0k7.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Thu, 31 May 2007 09:47:20 -0400 Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: > paul beard <paulbeard@gmail.com> writes: > > > I realize it should be obvious from the name but it seems to > > linger for several minutes after each package is installed. > > > > PID USERNAME THR PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE C TIME > > WCPU COMMAND > > 55763 root 1 121 0 1852K 1232K > > RUN 0 2:38 95.73% pkg_create > > > > I am new to 6.2 (being a belated migrator from 4.x): is there a > > knob somewhere to turn off pkg creation? Not that I see any > > packages being kept anywhere . . . . > > When a package is built, it is always done *after* the port has been > installed into $PREFIX. As far as I recall, packages don't get built > unless you explicitly ask for them, so the command you used to install > the program is what you need to look at for details. I think pkg_create is used to register the package in /var/db/pkg even when no package file is created.
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