On Sunday 04 June 2006 12:54, Mikhail Goriachev wrote: > Donald J. O'Neill wrote: > > On Sunday 04 June 2006 12:19, Nikolas Britton wrote: > >> On 6/4/06, Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> so, could i theoretically use 'make reinstall' on a fresh system > >>> where the port had never been previously installed? > > > > No, you can't. > > > >> Yes... but what's the point?... when you can make your own > >> packages. instead of typing 'make install' type 'make package', > >> this will spit out a .tbz file you can use with pkg_add etc... > >> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/07/FreeBSD_Basics.html > > > > Now, this is what I do, except do it "make package-recursive", that > > way you get any packages that have been installed as requirements. > > > > Be sure to do "mkdir /usr/ports/packages", otherwise, the packages > > you're making are going to be stored in the individual port. If you > > have /usr/ports/packages, they'll be stored in one location that > > you can copy elsewhere, cd or dvd for instance. > > You could also use pkg_create. > > man pkg_create > > Cheers, > Mikhail.
Yes, you could, if it's already installed on the computer. If I took the output from pkg_info and compared it to what packages were in /usr/ports/packages/All, I could use pkg_create to build the missing packages I wanted to save to do a fast reinstall. But, if the port hasn't been built and installed yet, pkg_create will complain about it and conk out. Don _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"