Why you have to install a port to create a package (was Re: port to package amd64 to i386)

2012-03-07 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 07/03/2012 01:39, Da Rock wrote: > On 03/07/12 04:13, Adam Vande More wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Bernt Hansson >> wrote: >>> Again, a "problem" is that packages can only be generated if the port has been installed >>> Why is that. I hope you can educate me on that. >> B

Re: port to package amd64 to i386

2012-03-06 Thread Da Rock
On 03/07/12 04:13, Adam Vande More wrote: On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Bernt Hansson wrote: Again, a "problem" is that packages can only be generated if the port has been installed Why is that. I hope you can educate me on that. Because a package is the result of what is installed. I

Re: port to package amd64 to i386

2012-03-06 Thread Adam Vande More
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Bernt Hansson wrote: > Again, a "problem" is that packages can only be generated >> if the port has been installed >> > > Why is that. I hope you can educate me on that. > Because a package is the result of what is installed. It essentially works somewhat like D

Re: port to package amd64 to i386

2012-03-05 Thread Chris Whitehouse
On 05/03/2012 16:53, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 05/03/2012 16:42, Bernt Hansson wrote: Thank you for the pointer. I do find it a bit overkill to setup jails and such, just to build a few ports. I was thinking more along the line of; cd /usr/ports/"random port" make "it for i386 even if we are b

Re: port to package amd64 to i386

2012-03-05 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:42:58 +0100, Bernt Hansson wrote: > Thank you for the pointer. I do find it a bit overkill to setup jails > and such, just to build a few ports. The "problem" here is that a specific build environment is required. > I was thinking more along the line of; > > cd /usr/por

Re: port to package amd64 to i386

2012-03-05 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 05/03/2012 16:42, Bernt Hansson wrote: > > Thank you for the pointer. I do find it a bit overkill to setup jails > and such, just to build a few ports. I was thinking more along the line of; > > cd /usr/ports/"random port" > > make "it for i386 even if we are building it on amd64, ooh by the

Re: port to package amd64 to i386

2012-03-05 Thread Bernt Hansson
2012-03-05 10:20, Edward M. skrev: On 03/05/2012 12:42 AM, Bernt Hansson wrote: Build the port on amd64 and install it on i386 as a package. Is it possible? Pointers? Handholding? How-to? http://filipenf.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/cross-compiling-for-x86-in-freebsd-64-bit/ Thank you for th

Re: port to package amd64 to i386

2012-03-05 Thread Edward M.
On 03/05/2012 12:42 AM, Bernt Hansson wrote: Build the port on amd64 and install it on i386 as a package. Is it possible? Pointers? Handholding? How-to? http://filipenf.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/cross-compiling-for-x86-in-freebsd-64-bit/ ___ f

port to package amd64 to i386

2012-03-05 Thread Bernt Hansson
Hello list I want to build packages from ports on AMD64 for use on i386 since the i386 system is; pid 21629 (cc1plus), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space When building firefox. Added some swap as a file so it's building as I type. Thinking that the AMD system I can access is a wee more pow