pkg_create

[Gert Cuykens]

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 09:16:53 -0600, Donald J. O'Neill
<donaldj1066 at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> On Thursday 04 November 2004 07:17 am, Gert Cuykens wrote:
> 
> 
> > When you do make install in a ports application /usr/ports/...
> > Does it create a pkg in /var/db/pkg/... ?
> >
> > And do you use pkg_create like this  pkg_create pkgname
> > /var/db/pkg/... or like this  pkg_create pkgname /usr/ports/...
> >
> > Whats the difference between  /var/db/pkg/... and
> > /usr/ports/pakages/... ?
> > _______________________________________________
> 
> Gert,
> 
> Are you trying to create a package you can reinstall or move to
> another system?
> 
> If this is the case, there are several ways it can be done. Two that
> I use are:
> make package
> or
> make
> make install
> make package
> or
> make install
> make package
> or
> make && make install && make package
> 
> It can also be done from portupgrade. If you want to make a package
> while upgradeing a port:
> portupgrade -p  "portname"
> 
> I would also like to add, some ports are marked as not building a
> package, for licensing reasons and other reasons.
> 
> If you have /usr/ports/packages, packages will be put there,
> otherwise they'll get put in the port.
> 
> Don
> 
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no i just wanted to understand how the pkg_create works and if the
following statemant was true

"So a complete pakage is /var/db/pkg/... and /usr/ports/distfiles/...
put together with pkg_create in /usr/ports/pakages/..."