Making packages available

AngusBuchanan

AngusBuchanan

Hello all,

Having built some packages with portmaster, I am now trying to share them with other machines on the network. For a first try, I just tarred up /usr/ports/packages and copied it to a test box.

However, despite setting PKG_PATH, I seemed only to be able to install the package by the *exact* name, including .tbz, from within the directory. All else fails:

Code: 
freebsdtest# pkg_add ruby19-iconv-1.9.2.0,1.tbz
pkg_add: can't stat package file 'ruby19-iconv-1.9.2.0,1.tbz'
freebsdtest# pkg_add ruby19-iconv-1.9.2.0,1
pkg_add: can't stat package file 'ruby19-iconv-1.9.2.0,1'
freebsdtest# pkg_add ruby19-iconv-1.9.2
pkg_add: can't stat package file 'ruby19-iconv-1.9.2'
freebsdtest# pkg_add ruby19-iconv
pkg_add: can't stat package file 'ruby19-iconv'
freebsdtest# pkg_add ruby19
pkg_add: can't stat package file 'ruby19'
freebsdtest# pkg_add ruby
pkg_add: can't stat package file 'ruby'
freebsdtest# ls -l /usr/ports/packages/All/ruby*
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  5221718 Feb  6 11:47 /usr/ports/packages/All/ruby-1.9.2.0,1.tbz
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel    14696 Feb  6 11:47 /usr/ports/packages/All/ruby19-iconv-1.9.2.0,1.tbz

freebsdtest# set PKG_PATH=/usr/ports/packages/All
freebsdtest# echo $PKG_PATH
/usr/ports/packages/All
freebsdtest# pkg_add ruby
pkg_add: can't stat package file 'ruby'
freebsdtest# pkg_add ruby19-iconv-1.9.2.0,1.tbz
pkg_add: can't stat package file 'ruby19-iconv-1.9.2.0,1.tbz'
freebsdtest# pkg_add ruby19-iconv-1.9.2.0,1
pkg_add: can't stat package file 'ruby19-iconv-1.9.2.0,1'
freebsdtest# pkg_add ruby19-iconv
pkg_add: can't stat package file 'ruby19-iconv'
freebsdtest#


I then served /usr/ports/packages/All over HTTP and set my PACKAGESITE to that URL, and again was only able to install with pkg_add -r with the exact name of the file.

I am sure that normally I can run pkg_add -r <some short name> and it installs. How does this work? Is there some kind of index? I recall reading about some symlinks in a Latest directory, and someone pointed me at Tinderbox, but that seems hugely involved for my current use case.

Any recommendations? I just want to be able to share a dozen or so custom packages amongst a stack of machines in a datacentre, and be able to install them with pkg_add -r.

Thanks in advance.
 
AngusBuchanan said:
I am sure that normally I can run pkg_add -r <some short name> and it installs. How does this work? Is there some kind of index? I recall reading about some symlinks in a Latest directory, and someone pointed me at Tinderbox, but that seems hugely involved for my current use case.
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This.
Code: 
ftp> pwd
Remote directory: /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8.1-release/Latest
ftp> ls vim*
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||28161|).
150 Here comes the directory listing.
lrwxr-xr-x    1 110      1002           27 Jun 11  2010 vim-lite.tbz -> ../All/vim-lite-7.2.411.tbz
[...]
 
OK - so there should be symlinks. Is there a script that does this? I notice there's s make target for latest link. It seems likely that there's a (semi)automated way to do this.
 
If you build packages yourself the $PORTSDIR/packages/Latest/ directory will be populated automatically.
 
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