Re: pkg_add question

["Jonathan Perkin" <jperkin%joyent.com@localhost>]

* On 2013-01-07 at 06:57 GMT, Sivakumar_Ss%dell.com@localhost wrote:

> I am trying to create a package to be used in NetBSD (5.1) but
> without using pkg_create.  I added +CONTENTS, +COMMENT & +DESC files
> in addition to files in a directory and make a tar of them. This is
> done from a Linux build machine using cross compilers.  When I try
> to add it using 'pkg_add' command,  I get the following error.
> 
> Pkg_add: Not all build information are present.
> 
> Man page of pkg_add does not help much as to pin point what is
> missing.

If your reason for not using pkg_create is simply because you are
cross-compiling, you may find one of my blog posts helpful:

  http://www.perkin.org.uk/posts/creating-local-smartos-packages.html

Ignore that it mentions SmartOS in the title, the instructions are
generic for pkgsrc, but are targeted for SmartOS installations - you
should be able to tweak the paths to make it work.

Regards,

-- 
Jonathan Perkin  -  Joyent, Inc.  -  www.joyent.com