Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:03:19 -0800 From: Chris <portmaster@bsdforge.com> To: Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creating port from pre-built package Message-ID: <d84184b80159f7a1772e56fd6010e786@bsdforge.com> In-Reply-To: <20210211162625.k55tncjs2yjpw5jt@mutt-hbsd> References: <20210211162625.k55tncjs2yjpw5jt@mutt-hbsd>
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On 2021-02-11 08:26, Shawn Webb wrote: > Hey all, > > The Splunk universal forwarder for FreeBSD is distributed as a package > tarball that you can use `pkg add` on. I'm in a position where I'd > like to create a port of the package so that I can automate certain > tasks. Reverse engineer a package? I think that will violate the NDA you signed. ;-) Really. Unless the package is simply a wrapper of a binary blob. You'll need to *build* the port, as part of the package creation process. That is, unless I've *completely* misunderstood your intent here. :-) > > Being a ports newb, I'm not sure how to properly create a port from a > pre-built package. Does anyone have any non-xkcd pointers[1]? > > [1]: https://xkcd.com/138/ > > Thanks, --Chris
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