Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 11:10:44 +0000 (GMT) From: 520023893678-0001@t-online.de (P. U. Kruppa) To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rg=20Meyer?= <Joerg-M@web.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: local copies of packages during their installation Message-ID: <20021221110544.W4714-100000@small.pukruppa.de> In-Reply-To: <4PLEAFAOLEBHCE9LGNMPJ53HBED1YUR.3e043ac5@merlin>
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On Sat, 21 Dec 2002, J=F6rg Meyer wrote: > Hello, > > I've been experimenting with FreeBSD since the day > day before yesterday. Coming from the MS-world I am very > impressed already. > > I installed the system from a CD created from the Mini-Iso-Image. > Installing packages with pkg_add -r I would like to have local > copies of the downloaded tarball in order to create an adapted > CD with the packages I really need (just for the case of a new- > or re-installation). > Of course, all the depending package-tarballs should be download > as well - otherwise I could also ftp them manually. > Furthermore it would be really nice if the directory structure of > the FTP-Server was duplicated locally as well. > > I know (from experimenting) that make package within the ports collection > can archieve something similar (packages are created under /usr/ports/pac= kages > if existent). But following this strategy in my opinion has 3 major disad= vantages: > 1) Compiling packages like XFree86-4 takes quite a long time on my machni= ne. > 2) It is impossible to create a package without installing it. > In case of the package is installed already make returns an error > telling me to deinstall the package first. > 3) dependencies are not considered. > make package in /usr/math/mupad only creates a mupad-package > but no package for linux_base which is necessary for mupad. > > Does anyone know a solution to this problem? > Don't you make local copies of packages you install(ed)? No, I have a DSL flatrate. Why should I pay extra money for back-up CD-ROMs? They will be outdated next month anyway. Uli. > Thanks for each advice in advance. > > Yours, > Joerg Meyer > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > *-----------------------------------* * Peter Ulrich Kruppa * * - Wuppertal - * * Germany * *-----------------------------------* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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