pkg_create

[Donald J. O'Neill]

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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