pkg_create

Matthew Seaman m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk
Thu Nov 4 05:52:21 PST 2004


On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 02:17:55PM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote:
> When you do make install in a ports application /usr/ports/...
> Does it create a pkg in /var/db/pkg/... ?

No.  The stuff that gets stored in /var/db/pkg is *part* of what's
required to make a package -- given that, and an installed port you can use

    # pkg_create -b pkg-name

to generate a complete package.  The contents of /var/db/pkg serve to
document all of the files belonging to the package, their checksums,
various scripts used to install or deinstall the package, what the
package depends on, etc.
  
> 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/... ?

No -- you shouldn't output anything to /var/db/pkg, except for what
pkg_add(1) etc. produce automatically.  Packages you create for later
installation elsewhere can be profitably saved under
/usr/ports/packages which lets other package management tools find
them automatically.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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