how to avoid recompiling applications?

[Mikhail Goriachev]

Donald J. O'Neill wrote:
> On Sunday 04 June 2006 12:19, Nikolas Britton wrote:
>> On 6/4/06, Jonathan Horne <jhorne at dfwlp.com> wrote:
>>> so, could i theoretically use 'make reinstall' on a fresh system
>>> where the port had never been previously installed?
> 
> No, you can't.
> 
>> Yes... but what's the point?... when you can make your own packages.
>> instead of typing 'make install' type 'make package', this will spit
>> out a .tbz file you can use with pkg_add etc...
>> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/07/FreeBSD_Basics.html
> 
> Now, this is what I do, except do it "make package-recursive", that way 
> you get any packages that have been installed as requirements.
> 
> Be sure to do "mkdir /usr/ports/packages", otherwise, the packages 
> you're making are going to be stored in the individual port. If you 
> have /usr/ports/packages, they'll be stored in one location that you 
> can copy elsewhere, cd or dvd for instance.

You could also use pkg_create.

man pkg_create

Cheers,
Mikhail.

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