Subject: Re: request for some additions to pkgsrc: FreeBSD 'BSDPAN', PERL_BUILD and pkg_create -b (see pr 17684)
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
From: Bang Jun-Young <junyoung@netbsd.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 06/24/2005 05:09:40
Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 02:27:50PM +1000, George Michaelson wrote:
> > 
> > I'd like to ask for discussion on some changes to the pkgsrc framework. 
> > 
> > [...]
> > Second, the FreeBSD pkg_create -b option which makes a .tgz from the
> > installed binary, irrespective of having pkgsrc/<area>/<app> (which is
> > required for the pkgsrc make package phase)
> 
> You want pkgtools/pkg_tarup for this. Works fine for the packages I use.

It would be very useful if pkg_tarup was integrated into pkg_create.

Jun-Young