Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:29:24 -0800 From: Jason Helfman <jhelfman@e-e.com> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Randal L. Schwartz" <merlyn@stonehenge.com> Subject: Re: pkg_add -r and a local package repo Message-ID: <20120111222924.GA76679@dormouse.experts-exchange.com> In-Reply-To: <F77B4845-2A9E-4CE8-8E48-77F511B2389F@mac.com> References: <86sjjloq0o.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <F77B4845-2A9E-4CE8-8E48-77F511B2389F@mac.com>
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On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 02:23:48PM -0800, Chuck Swiger thus spake: >On Jan 11, 2012, at 2:03 PM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >> First, it looks like pkg_add -r needs the full package name. Is there >> any way to give it "zsh" instead of "zsh-4.3.15"? > >Create a symlink from zsh-4.3.15.tbz to zsh.tbz on the package server. >You can also control this at the time of building the package via: > > www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/makefile-naming.html#AEN647 > >"5.2.4 LATEST_LINK > >LATEST_LINK is used during package building to determine a shortened name to create links that can be used by pkg_add -r. This makes it possible to, for example, install the latest perl version by running pkg_add -r perl without knowing the exact version number. This name needs to be unique and obvious to users." > >> Second, it looks like it won't install dependencies. This is a problem. >> Can I get it to search and install dependencies somehow? > >Does the package in question have its dependencies properly specified? > >Regards, >-- >-Chuck > Why not just point the PACKAGESITE to the Latest directory of the tree you want to install? -jgh -- Jason Helfman System Administrator experts-exchange.com http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_4830110.html E4AD 7CF1 1396 27F6 79DD 4342 5E92 AD66 8C8C FBA5
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