Packages format

Matthew Seaman m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk
Mon Oct 4 05:28:13 PDT 2004


On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 04:02:36PM +0000, Tarc wrote:
> Where I can see package format, which is stored in /var/db/pkg?

It's documented in pkg_create(1), plus there's quite a few hints and
tips in the Porter's Handbook: 

    http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/index.html

The best resource, however are the various pkg-plist or equivalent
mechanisms used by the ports.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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