From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 18 10:46:26 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 939D29E3 for ; Sat, 18 Jan 2014 10:46:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailrelay008.isp.belgacom.be (mailrelay008.isp.belgacom.be [195.238.6.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CEFD157F for ; Sat, 18 Jan 2014 10:46:25 +0000 (UTC) X-Belgacom-Dynamic: yes X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AmYGAOpa2lJbs7dz/2dsb2JhbABZgwu8OIEHF3SCJQEBAQQBAiQTHCMQCxgJJQ8ZER4GExqHbwHELReOfweEOASUPAWBD4JQkhiDLjs Received: from 115.183-179-91.adsl-dyn.isp.belgacom.be (HELO kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org) ([91.179.183.115]) by relay.skynet.be with ESMTP; 18 Jan 2014 11:46:16 +0100 Received: from kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org (kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org [127.0.0.1]) by kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s0IAkFjm043976; Sat, 18 Jan 2014 11:46:15 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from tijl@coosemans.org) Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 11:46:14 +0100 From: Tijl Coosemans To: "Chris H" Subject: Re: When did creating a package become a REQUIRED part of building a port? Message-ID: <20140118114614.22f2785d@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> In-Reply-To: References: <895a94cd8dc0eafc2563510733e9da76.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Thomas Hoffmann , freebsd-stable 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 10:46:26 -0000 On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 20:39:06 -0800 (PST) Chris H wrote: >> 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. >> >> This was noted in the /usr/ports/CHANGES file. See the entry for 20130923. > > Ahh... CHANGES. D'OH! I'm sorry, I /should/ have caught that. > > Thank you very much for the reply. You may want to convert to the new pkg. No real package gets created then.