From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 21 17:05:26 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C1B81065783 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:05:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vrwmiller@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gy0-f200.google.com (mail-gy0-f200.google.com [209.85.160.200]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19D1A8FC13 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:05:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gyh20 with SMTP id 20so7811973gyh.7 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:05:25 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.194.195 with SMTP id dz3mr302453vcb.25.1285087304932; Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:41:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <90e6ba4883cb50e1500490c7b441@google.com> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:41:44 +0000 From: vrwmiller@gmail.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Media Packages Vs. Ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:05:26 -0000 Hi all, I am performing PXE boots and automated installs of FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE with a custom sysinstall.cfg file which identifies packages that are to be installed in addition to the distributions. We have need to install compat6x-amd64 and I'd like to have this done during install. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this package exists in the FreeBSD media from which the install occurs. However, it is available through the ports collection. What is the relationship between the packages directory on the media and the ports collection? Is there a process that identifies what ports are made available in the packages directory of the media? Is it possible to take a port, make a package of it and put it in the packages directory of my own media? --Rick