Hi, > > in the pkg_tarup comments you can read somebody proposing the integration > > of pkg_tarup to pkg_admin. pkg_admin is not suited for that, but > > pkg_create is, as it is the tool behind pkg_tarup. > > I'm not much into the whole packaging thing, but I need this > > functionality, so > > Why do you need this functionality? Maybe describing what you are > actually trying to do may lead to different solutions that do not > involve integrating pkg_tarup into pkg_create. it's nothing but the obvious case: I have different systems, partially with nearly no space to save package copies. And I want to backup them, and in the best case create a backup that can restore the system directly as well, but be packed. Just packing /usr or /usr/pkg to a tarball makes it huge (ok, I could split that up), but still undesirable. This should work for binary packages as well as for pkgsrc packages. All in all: The most generic case of backing up a system. ;-) Regards, Julian
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