Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 19:48:31 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> Cc: paul beard <paulbeard@gmail.com>, questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org Subject: Re: what is pkg_create doing? Message-ID: <447iqo7dww.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200705311822.l4VIMw14062211@serene.no-ip.org> (Conrad J. Sabatier's message of "Thu\, 31 May 2007 13\:22\:53 -0500") References: <E2481673-5F23-44F8-8A81-1F1AFE531394@mac.com> <441wgxp0k7.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <200705311822.l4VIMw14062211@serene.no-ip.org>
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"Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> writes: > 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. Incidentally, >> built packages get installed to /usr/ports/packages by default. >> >> None of this is different from earlier versions, as far as I remember. > > 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. > > 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. Ah; I'm sure that's it. I didn't realize that the poster was using portupgrade...
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