Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:54:48 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> To: Panagiotis Christias <p.christias@noc.ntua.gr>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to "portinstall -P" packages that alter ther names via PKGNAMESUFFIX? Message-ID: <b79ecaef0904150554u73be1c37k2236c93feaa6c493@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49E5C40A.50003@noc.ntua.gr> References: <49E51B4B.1090700@noc.ntua.gr> <20090415015738.69a03702@gumby.homeunix.com> <49E5C40A.50003@noc.ntua.gr>
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2009/4/15 Panagiotis Christias <p.christias@noc.ntua.gr>: > RW wrote: >> >> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:24:59 +0300 >> Panagiotis Christias <p.christias@noc.ntua.gr> wrote: >> >>> The setup works quite well and has saved us a lot of time and effort. >>> Currently we are looking for ways to automate as much as possible the >>> whole process. One of the problems we face is the initial >>> installation of packages that alter their names, like >>> sendmail+tls+sasl2+ldap+db46 and openldap-sasl-server. Seems like >>> there is no obvious way to "portinstall -P" such packages. >> >> This is sometimes handled through slave ports e.g. >> net/cvsup-without-gui. >> >> If there aren't too many variations you might create some local slave >> ports. > > Wouldn't that require to create the ports INDEX file locally? > > -- > Panagiotis J. Christias =A0 =A0Network Management Center > p.christias@noc.ntua.gr =A0 =A0National Technical Univ. of Athens, GREECE > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > AFAIK, portupgrade doesn't like funny port names. The correct solution is to make config the port and order the proper options, or stick them in your /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf; for example instead of cvsup-without-gui you should change the config and use the port for cvsup. Chris --=20 A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
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