How do I build my own package server?

[Lowell Gilbert]

Bertram Scharpf <lists at bertram-scharpf.de> writes:

> Therefore my question: Is there any documentation how to build a package
> server that can be understood in finite time?

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/ports-poudriere.html

> On the other side: I do not feel very well having loads of SQLite
> databases in the base system. Could it be worth the effort to further
> develop the traditional pkg_* tools?

It's open source; nobody's going to stop you. The SQL approach is a lot
more robust, though, so nobody's likely to help you keep obsolescent
tools running, either.