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. Don _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
