Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 18:04:05 +0200 From: Jeremy Lea <reg@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> Cc: fpkg-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: FreePKG: An alternative to the pkg_* tools Message-ID: <20040504160405.GA10349@shale.local> In-Reply-To: <4097B31D.9080205@pacific.net.sg> References: <20040504091043.GA1051@shale.local> <4097B31D.9080205@pacific.net.sg>
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Hi, On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 11:13:33PM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: > >I have no intention of initiating any attempt to get these tools > >imported into FreeBSD. I've decided on a very different approach to the > >Ports/Packages collection to the way that things appear to be going. > >However, these tools are functional, and some people might find them > >useful. Additional developers/testers would be most welcome. > > So, how can a normal FreeBSD user make use of the tools? Yes, I suppose that would be useful information. :-) The following steps are needed. Since this is alpha quality at the moment, I would not use this on anything which you have to have... 1. Download and build a CVS version of the tools from: cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/fpkg login [Enter blank password] cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/fpkg co freepkg cd freepkg make && make install These tools currently install into /root/bin. I should change that to /usr/sbin or /usr/local/sbin. The tools are named fpkg* to not conflict with the FreeBSD versions. Change Makefile.inc to change the install path. 2. Download and patch bsd.port.mk cd /tmp fetch http://fpkg.sourceforge.net/bsd.port.mk-fpkg.patch cd /usr/ports/Mk/ patch -I < /tmp/bsd.port.mk-fpkg.patch Change the path to the tools (search for PKG_CMD) if you changed it above. 3. The bad news: Rebuild all your ports, so that the new tools are used... Regards, -Jeremy -- FreeBSD - Because the best things in life are free... http://www.freebsd.org/
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