Re: build package of already installed packages fails

[David Aubril <david.aubril%ac-nantes.fr@localhost>]

Hum. I also used 'make package' a couple of weeks ago. And I was 
surprised to see that packages were *built* but also *installed* on the 
building machine.So I guess that 'make package' too ( like make clean ) 
performs the install step.
Best regards.
D. Aubril

Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, netbsd-users%rmroppert.info@localhost wrote:
>
>   
> > As described in the pkgsrc guide (Appendix B.1 and B.2) i do:
> >
> > -->make
> > -->make install
> > or
> > -->make update
> >     
>
>
> Are you doing a "make clean" before attempting your packaging?
>
>
>   
> > Then if i do
> > --> make package
> > i always get the error
> > " ... already installed - perhaps an older version?
> > ...
> > make stopped.
> >
> > Isn't it possible to build an package of an an already installed
> > package or is there another way to do this?
> >     
>
> If you do a "make clean" then it attempts to do the "install" step again. 
> The error you see is from the "install" step.
>
> If you want to create a package from something installed also see the 
> pkgtools/pkg_tarup package.
>
>
>   Jeremy C. Reed
>
>