Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 16:20:26 -0700 From: paul beard <paulbeard@gmail.com> To: Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org Subject: Re: what is pkg_create doing? Message-ID: <D898F6F9-5063-4B2A-A9CA-05BEA4C7D59A@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200705311822.l4VIMw14062211@serene.no-ip.org> References: <E2481673-5F23-44F8-8A81-1F1AFE531394@mac.com> <441wgxp0k7.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <200705311822.l4VIMw14062211@serene.no-ip.org>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --Apple-Mail-42-482964965 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed On May 31, 2007, at 11:22 AM, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > No, by default, portupgrade runs pkg_create *before* installing the > newly built port, to create a backup of the old version in case > something goes wrong. Depending on the size of the old port > (package), > this can take an appreciable amount of time, even on a fast system. > Packages are only built *after* installation if one explicitly tells > portupgrade to do so, via the "-p" or "--package" switches. > This is consistent with what I am observing, as the command output claims the package is installed, I then see a delay (minutes? on a dual core 2.4GHz system?) while pkg_create runs, and then cleanup happens. > The man page lists several package-related ENVIRONMENT variables, > which > may or may not provide a means to disable some or all of this package > creation; I don't know for sure, as I've never tried changing or > unsetting them to see what may happen. If you're curious, though, it > may be worth experimenting with, although I would certainly advise > against disabling the precautionary backup package creation before the > new port is successfully installed. Thanks. I'll take a look there. I wasn't sure if something changes in how ports are done in the Moderne Age. -- Paul Beard words: http://paulbeard.org/wordpress pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pdb206/ Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem? --Apple-Mail-42-482964965 content-type: application/pgp-signature; x-mac-type=70674453; name=PGP.sig content-description: This is a digitally signed message part content-disposition: inline; filename=PGP.sig content-transfer-encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iD8DBQFGX1g8jE2ksZfa4ZURApHlAJ9lUE/QHruWcEs/Vu4bm2cgZZ9D3QCgjVtU RLFlHH3u4rJONWtx84/23N0= =qClA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail-42-482964965--
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