[fbsd] [HEADSUP] TinyBSD and ports applications

Jean Milanez Melo jmelo at freebsdbrasil.com.br
Fri Nov 3 14:40:07 UTC 2006


Matteo Riondato wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 05:49:38PM +0100, Jeremie Le Hen wrote:
>> A workaround could be to null-mount the ports directory into the
>> temporary folder were the TinyBSD image is built, then chroot into
>> this folder and install the port from here.  Afterward you would
>> remove www,doc,share,include,man stuff.
> 
> This is similar to what freesbie does when the installports plugin is
> used. Note that if you really want a small image, you should remove
> build dependencies for the ports you installed.
> 
> Best regards

True, the tinybsd is already doing this. The script does not copy any 
ports build deps to workdir :)

Jean


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