Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 14:10:21 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: packaging foreign tarballs Message-ID: <20060308191021.GA84472@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20060308170229.GM9668@tigger.digitaltorque.ca>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 12:02:29PM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > My apologies if this is covered in the FAQ, I didn't see it. > > If I build a foreign tarball that is either not in the ports, or not the > version that I want, is there a way to then integrate that build as a package, > registered with the FreeBSD packaging system? No. There are utilities in ports that claim to help you track your manual tarball installs, but I've never used them (nor do I remember their names, so you'll have to search). Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEDywcWry0BWjoQKURArzEAJ9X+ay+APASsSVPlGmJFQRlUoP9ygCgu85t A6uxLjwAXNSXjAfK1/dqS0Q= =6XYX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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