From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 18 02:59:21 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 73574CFC for ; Sat, 18 Jan 2014 02:59:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vb0-x231.google.com (mail-vb0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c02::231]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2E0071311 for ; Sat, 18 Jan 2014 02:59:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vb0-f49.google.com with SMTP id x14so1841344vbb.8 for ; Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:59:20 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=PmFTBJR2kZ2By0ToLdiX4+83py/34zgXjs9G5oJqGdY=; b=X+LIO5pIXSzLo6jMZ2Ag0j6P8iQhnClEIeCiNZP586OdUAoNvP/NuueekAoo1vSoMA 2sd91btjpr5ni+vbq//m2I9OaJ7XKsq+HCEL7Cubqu8zGSE49LfBzzm+ANTV39VNPDYf ZxcXmt5hwQkSt1loBstF3b8oJuSAyZlppdhldQoKGsobdO15PYN5ZwzJvIupFn5Mhqjx kqYpYdX4ZUN4fZX1FXnABZDACLY2cXLnfN4Kr8/ivg6RFX7XjXyDjecRMCpnO/Keu8vn O2m8km70OCSaFSGuAiYXBiHxBk+KDu7+zQEKabMS+2IMhhSqxKEwvunU8teHSvOklNvS G5AA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.157.68 with SMTP id wk4mr2348842vdb.19.1390013960297; Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:59:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.58.165.2 with HTTP; Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:59:20 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <895a94cd8dc0eafc2563510733e9da76.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> References: <895a94cd8dc0eafc2563510733e9da76.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:59:20 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: When did creating a package become a REQUIRED part of building a port? From: Thomas Hoffmann To: freebsd-stable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: Chris H X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 02:59:21 -0000 On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 8:32 PM, Chris H wrote: > Greetings, > I've been tracking -STABLE for years on all my servers (currently 8-4). > So it seems I missed the memo. But recently, I decided to dust off an > old TYAN Thunder LE-T PIII. Sure, it's old. But it's got 2 Adaptec > U160 Ultra-Wide/Ultra-3 SCSI ports on it, that'll allow me to hang 30 > SCSI platters on it, and I intend to use it to produce Install images, > Updates, custom kernels for all my hardware. Kind of a Pointyhat/Tinderbox. > It's perfect for a "set it, and forget it". It's actually a pretty good > workhorse. > Anyway, to the point; > For this install, I opted to download, and use the 8-4-DVD1 DVD to perform > the install. All went as anticipated, I played the CVS-->SVN dance, updated > src && ports, build/installed world/kernel. Performed mergemaster(8), then > bounced the box, and installed Perl. I then decided I wanted to build a > light X environment, because some things are easier with it. So I chose > the meta-port x11/xorg-minimal. That's when the fun began; I chose > make install && make clean (yes, I know make install clean works too). > Then all of the sudden I see all these messages about creating package... > What? I didn't have anything in make.conf(5) to inspire that. I read > nothing about that in /usr/ports/UPDATING, and I haven't installed, nor > do I have anything in /usr/local/etc that would encourage that sort of > thing. > What gives, and how do I turn this off? Sure, I've got a lot of platter to > burn. But I'm a bit shy on CPU cycles, and it seems pointless to whip up > a .tbz file, only to be clobbered within seconds of completion. I'm sure to > many of you, this is all old news. But this is a real issue for me, and I'd > be extremely grateful, if someone can help me turn this off. > > Thank you for all your time, and consideration. > > --Chris > This was noted in the /usr/ports/CHANGES file. See the entry for 20130923.