Subject: Re: pkg_comp and xorg
To: Ja'far Railton <ibn.richard@gmail.com>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: pkgsrc-users
Date: 05/03/2007 16:39:00
On Thu, 03 May 2007 20:11:04 +0307
"Ja'far Railton" <ibn.richard@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I have been trying out pkg_comp. Can pkg_comp be used with xorg, i.e.
> without installing x{*}.tgz sets in the sandbox? If so, how does the
> xorg directory get accessed?
>
Yes, it can be done. Note that xorg is a package and has to be
installed like any other package. If you already have it installed
and don't want to rebuild it, use pkg_tarup to create .tgz files and
use the pkg_comp facilities to install those binaries before doing the
build. (Also, make sure your mk.conf specifying xorg is copied to the
build area, and that you delete the x*.tgz files from the distribution
sets to be installed.)
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb