Re: libtarfile (Was Re: pkg_create broken by design?)

2003-07-07 Thread Bruce M Simpson
On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 11:38:01AM -0700, Tim Kientzle wrote: > * Remove the need to install a package before > creating the package file. In particular, using this library, > you can separate the filename written into the > library from the file used as a source of data. Yes please! Where

libtarfile (Was Re: pkg_create broken by design?)

2003-07-04 Thread Tim Kientzle
Julian Elischer wrote: Sometimes it's a pain to have to install the package before one can build it.. The trouble is that both the @srcdir and the @cwd produce '-C [dir]' to be added to the 'tar' command list I see several possible fixes.. Another alternative: stop trying to use a separate 'tar'

Re: pkg_create broken by design?

2003-06-27 Thread Julian Elischer
On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 25-Jun-2003 Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 05:21:14PM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: > >> > >> I'm trying to make a package.. > >> according to the man page for pkg_create: > > > > Look into the ports collections for thousands o

Re: pkg_create broken by design?

2003-06-27 Thread John Baldwin
On 25-Jun-2003 Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 05:21:14PM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: >> >> I'm trying to make a package.. >> according to the man page for pkg_create: > > Look into the ports collections for thousands of examples of how to > create packages. Umm, some of us hav

Re: pkg_create broken by design?

2003-06-25 Thread Dwayne MacKinnon
Hi all, Just wanted to chime in that I've encountered the exact same thing, although it's a relatively recent thing... I think it happened when I ported to 4.5 from 4.2. The only solution I've found, pain in the neck that it is, is to create the destination directories on the source box. That

Re: pkg_create broken by design?

2003-06-24 Thread Julian Elischer
On Tue, 24 Jun 2003, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 05:21:14PM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > > I'm trying to make a package.. > > according to the man page for pkg_create: > > Look into the ports collections for thousands of examples of how to > create packages. >From wh

Re: pkg_create broken by design?

2003-06-24 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 05:21:14PM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: > > I'm trying to make a package.. > according to the man page for pkg_create: Look into the ports collections for thousands of examples of how to create packages. Kris pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

pkg_create broken by design?

2003-06-24 Thread Julian Elischer
I'm trying to make a package.. according to the man page for pkg_create: -s srcdir srcdir will override the value of @cwd during package creation. -p prefix Set prefix as the initial directory ``base'' to start from in selecting files f