On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 04:15:16PM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote: > On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 13:52:11 +0000, Matthew Seaman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > -- > > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > > Savill Way > > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow > > Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK > > > > So a complete pakage is /var/db/pkg/... and /usr/ports/distfiles/... > put together with pkg_create in /usr/ports/pakages/...
Not quite. There's a lot of compilation and stuff that has to happen
first, and the contents of /var/db/pkg are derived from the pkg-plist
file and several other sources from when the port was compiled and
installed. The pkg-plist file, or the dynamic methods of generating
it used in some ports provides the basis for the +CONTENTS file under
/var/db/pkg/${PKGNAME}.
Cheers,
Matthew
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Savill Way
PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow
Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
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