short pkg_add -r question

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Mon Apr 11 01:35:10 PDT 2005


On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 10:25:34AM +0200, Florian Hengstberger wrote:
> Hi!
> Just a short question:
> When I download compiled packages with pkg_add -r, where
> are the binary packages stored? I want to share them over the net
> for other hosts.

They are not saved to disk.  If you want a saved copy, you can
download explicitly with fetch(1), ftp(1) or your favourite ftp client
and then use pkg_add with no -r.  Alternatively, you can use
pkg_create -b to make a new package from your installed copy.

Kris
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