Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2021 15:32:34 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 253179] ports(7) man page description of 'packages' target is out of date Message-ID: <bug-253179-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D253179 Bug ID: 253179 Summary: ports(7) man page description of 'packages' target is out of date Product: Documentation Version: Latest Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: Manual Pages Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: rwatson@FreeBSD.org CC: doc@FreeBSD.org In attempting to build packages locally, I read the documentation, and was confused by the following pieces of text from ports(7): ... package Make a binary package for the port. The port will be installed if it has not already been. The package is a .tbz file that you can use to install the port on other machines with pkg-add(8). If t= he directory specified by PACKAGES does not exist, t= he package will be put into the current directory. = See PKGREPOSITORY and PKGFILE. ... PACKAGES Used only for the package target; the base directory for the packages tree, normally packages/ in PORTSDI= R. If this directory exists, the package tree will be (partially) constructed. This directory does not ha= ve to exist; if it does not, packages will be placed in= to the current directory, or you can define one of PKGREPOSITORY Directory to put the package in. PKGFILE The full path to the package. ... When I attempted to build a package, I was surprised not to find it in my current working directory (the root of the port), as I hadn't specified PACKAGES on the command line. It turns out that it is not in the current working directory, but in work/pkg relative to the current working director= y. This probably needs updating. When I ran find(1) to try and find the package, I was further surprised not= to find any, having used the pattern '*.tbz' as suggested by the text "a .tbz file". In fact, ports are now .txz files. This probably needs updating. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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