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384 lines
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.\" $NetBSD: pkg_create.1,v 1.6 1997/10/16 00:50:37 hubertf Exp $
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.\"
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.\" FreeBSD install - a package for the installation and maintainance
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.\" of non-core utilities.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\"
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.\" Jordan K. Hubbard
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.\"
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.\"
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.\" @(#)pkg_create.1
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.\" from FreeBSD Id: pkg_create.1,v 1.19 1997/05/02 22:00:05 max Exp
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.\"
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.\" hacked up by John Kohl for NetBSD--fixed a few bugs, extended keywords,
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.\" added dependency tracking, etc.
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.\"
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.\" [jkh] Took John's changes back and made some additional extensions for
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.\" better integration with FreeBSD's new ports collection.
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.\"
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.Dd April 21, 1995
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.Dt pkg_create 1
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.Os FreeBSD
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm pkg_create
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.Nd a utility for creating software package distributions
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl YNOhv
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.Op Fl P Ar pkgs
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.Op Fl p Ar prefix
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.Op Fl f Ar contents
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.Op Fl i Ar iscript
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.Op Fl k Ar dscript
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.Op Fl r Ar rscript
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.Op Fl t Ar template
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.Op Fl X Ar excludefile
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.Op Fl D Ar displayfile
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.Op Fl m Ar mtreefile
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.Fl c Ar comment
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.Fl d Ar description
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.Fl f Ar packlist
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.Ar pkg-name
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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command is used to create packages that will subsequently be fed to
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one of the package extraction/info utilities. The input description
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and command line arguments for the creation of a package are not
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really meant to be human-generated, though it is easy enough to
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do so. It is more expected that you will use a front-end tool for
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the job rather than muddling through it yourself. Nonetheless, a short
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description of the input syntax is included in this document.
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.Sh OPTIONS
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The following command line options are supported:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl f Ar packinglist
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Fetch ``packing list'' for package from the file
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.Ar packinglist
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or
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.Cm stdin
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if
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.Ar packinglist
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is a
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.Cm -
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(dash).
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.It Fl c Ar [-]desc
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Fetch package ``one line description'' from file
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.Ar desc
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or, if preceded by
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.Cm - ,
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the argument itself. This string should also
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give some idea of which version of the product (if any) the package
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represents.
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.It Fl d Ar [-]desc
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Fetch long description for package from file
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.Ar desc
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or, if preceded by
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.Cm - ,
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the argument itself.
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.It Fl Y
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Assume a default answer of `Yes' for any questions asked.
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.It Fl N
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Assume a default answer of `No' for any questions asked.
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.It Fl O
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Go into a `packing list Only' mode. This is a custom hack for the
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.Em "FreeBSD Ports Collection"
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and is used to do `fake pkg_add' operations when a port is installed.
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In such cases, it is necessary to know what the final, adjusted packing
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list will look like.
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.It Fl v
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Turn on verbose output.
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.It Fl h
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Force tar to follow symbolic links, so that the files they point to
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are dumped, rather than the links themselves.
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.It Fl i Ar iscript
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Set
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.Ar iscript
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to be the install procedure for the package. This can be any
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executable program (or shell script). It will be invoked automatically
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when the package is later installed.
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.It Fl P Ar pkgs
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Set the initial package dependency list to
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.Ar pkgs .
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This is assumed to be a whitespace separated list of package names
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and is meant as a convenient shorthand for specifying multiple
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.Cm @pkgdep
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directives in the packing list (see PACKING LIST DETAILS section below).
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.It Fl p Ar prefix
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Set
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.Ar prefix
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as the initial directory ``base'' to start from in selecting files for
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the package.
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.It Fl k Ar dscript
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Set
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.Ar dscript
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to be the de-install procedure for the package. This can be any
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executable program (or shell script). It will be invoked automatically
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when the package is later (if ever) de-installed.
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.It Fl r Ar rscript
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Set
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.Ar rscript
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to be the ``requirements'' procedure for the package. This can be any
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executable program (or shell script). It will be invoked automatically
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at installation/deinstallation time to determine whether or not
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installation/deinstallation should proceed.
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.It Fl t Ar template
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Use
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.Ar template
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as the input to
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.Xr mktemp 3 .
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By default, this is the string
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.Pa /tmp/instmp.XXXXXX ,
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but it may be necessary to override it in the situation where
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space in your
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.Pa /tmp
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directory is limited. Be sure to leave some number of `X' characters
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for
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.Xr mktemp 3
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to fill in with a unique ID.
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.It Fl X Ar excludefile
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Pass
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.Ar excludefile
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as a
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.Fl exclude-from
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argument to
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.Cm tar
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when creating final package. See
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.Cm tar
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man page (or run
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.Cm tar
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with
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.Fl -help
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flag) for further information on using this flag.
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.It Fl D Ar displayfile
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Display the file (using
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.Xr more 1 )
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after installing the package. Useful for things like
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legal notices on almost-free software, etc.
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.It Fl m Ar mtreefile
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Run
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.Xr mtree 8
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with input from mtreefile before the package is installed.
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Mtree is invoked as
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.Cm mtree
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.Fl u
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.Fl f
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.Ar mtreefile
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.Fl d
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.Fl e
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.Fl p
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.Pa prefix ,
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where
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.Pa prefix
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is the name of the first directory named by a
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.Cm @cwd
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directive.
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.El
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.Pp
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.Sh PACKING LIST DETAILS
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The ``packing list'' format (see
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.Fl f )
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is fairly simple, being
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nothing more than a single column of filenames to include in the
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package. However, since absolute pathnames are generally a bad idea
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for a package that could be installed potentially anywhere, there is
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another method of specifying where things are supposed to go
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and, optionally, what ownership and mode information they should be
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installed with. This is done by imbeding specialized command sequences
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in the packing list. Briefly described, these sequences are:
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.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
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.It Cm @cwd Ar directory
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Set the internal directory pointer to point to
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.Ar directory .
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All subsequent filenames will be assumed relative to this directory.
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Note:
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.Cm @cd
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is also an alias for this command.
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.It Cm @srcdir Ar directory
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Set the internal directory pointer for _creation only_ to
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.Ar directory .
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That is to say that it overrides
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.Cm @cwd
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for package creation but not extraction.
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.It Cm @exec Ar command
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Execute
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.Ar command
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as part of the unpacking process. If
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.Ar command
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contains any of the following sequences somewhere in it, they will
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be expanded inline. For the following examples, assume that
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.Cm @cwd
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is set to
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.Pa /usr/local
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and the last extracted file was
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.Pa bin/emacs .
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.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
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.It Cm "%F"
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Expands to the last filename extracted (as specified), in the example case
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.Pa bin/emacs
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.It Cm "%D"
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Expand to the current directory prefix, as set with
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.Cm @cwd ,
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in the example case
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.Pa /usr/local .
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.It Cm "%B"
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Expand to the ``basename'' of the fully qualified filename, that
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is the current directory prefix, plus the last filespec, minus
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the trailing filename. In the example case, that would be
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.Pa /usr/local/bin .
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.It Cm "%f"
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Expand to the ``filename'' part of the fully qualified name, or
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the converse of
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.Cm %B ,
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being in the example case,
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.Pa emacs .
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.El
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.It Cm @unexec Ar command
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Execute
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.Ar command
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as part of the deinstallation process. Expansion of special
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.Cm %
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sequences is the same as for
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.Cm @exec .
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This command is not executed during the package add, as
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.Cm @exec
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is, but rather when the package is deleted. This is useful
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for deleting links and other ancillary files that were created
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as a result of adding the package, but not directly known to
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the package's table of contents (and hence not automatically
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removable). The advantage of using
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.Cm @unexec
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over a deinstallation script is that you can use the ``special
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sequence expansion'' to get at files regardless of where they've
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been potentially redirected (see
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.Fl p ) .
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.It Cm @mode Ar mode
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Set default permission for all subsequently extracted files to
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.Ar mode .
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Format is the same as that used by the
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.Cm chmod
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command (well, considering that it's later handed off to it, that's
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no surprise). Use without an arg to set back to default (extraction)
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permissions.
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.It Cm @option Ar option
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Set internal package options, the only two currently supported ones
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being
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.Ar extract-in-place ,
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which tells the pkg_add command not to extract the package's tarball
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into a staging area but rather directly into the target
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hierarchy (this is typically meant to be used only by distributions
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or other special package types), and
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.Ar preserve ,
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which tells pkg_add to move any existing files out of the way,
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preserving the previous contents (which are also resurrected on
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pkg_delete, so caveat emptor).
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.It Cm @owner Ar user
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Set default ownership for all subsequently extracted files to
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.Ar user .
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Use without an arg to set back to default (extraction)
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ownership.
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.It Cm @group Ar group
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Set default group ownership for all subsequently extracted files to
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.Ar group .
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Use without an arg to set back to default (extraction)
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group ownership.
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.It Cm @comment Ar string
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Imbed a comment in the packing list. Useful in
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trying to document some particularly hairy sequence that
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may trip someone up later.
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.It Cm @ignore
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Used internally to tell extraction to ignore the next file (don't
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copy it anywhere), as it's used for some special purpose.
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.It Cm @ignore_inst
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Similar to
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.Cm @ignore ,
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but the ignoring of the next file is delayed one evaluation cycle. This
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makes it possible to use this directive in the
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.Ar packinglist
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file, so you can pack a
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specialized datafile in with a distribution for your install script (or
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something) yet have the installer ignore it.
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.It Cm @name Ar name
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Set the name of the package. This is mandatory and is usually
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put at the top. This name is potentially different than the name of
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the file it came in, and is used when keeping track of the package
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for later deinstallation. Note that
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.Nm
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will derive this field from the package name and add it automatically
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if none is given.
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.It Cm @dirrm Ar name
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Declare directory
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.Pa name
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to be deleted at deinstall time. By default, directories created by a
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package installation are not deleted when the package is deinstalled;
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this provides an explicit directory cleanup method. This directive
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should appear at the end of the package list. If more than one
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.Cm @dirrm
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directives are used, the directories are removed in the order specified.
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The
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.Pa name
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directory will not be removed unless it is empty.
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.It Cm @mtree Ar name
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Declare
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.Pa name
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as an
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.Xr mtree 8
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input file to be used at install time (see
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.Fl m
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above). Only the first
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.Cm @mtree
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directive is honored.
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.It Cm @display Ar name
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Declare
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.Pa name
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as the file to be displayed at install time (see
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.Fl D
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above).
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.It Cm @pkgdep Ar pkgname
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Declare a dependency on the
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.Ar pkgname
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package. The
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.Ar pkgname
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package must be installed before this package may be
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installed, and this package must be deinstalled before the
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.Ar pkgname
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package is deinstalled. Multiple
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.Cm @pkgdep
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directives may be used if the package depends on multiple other packages.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr pkg_add 1 ,
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.Xr pkg_delete 1 ,
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.Xr pkg_info 1 ,
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.Xr sysconf 3 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command first appeared in FreeBSD.
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
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.It "Jordan Hubbard"
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most of the work
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.It "John Kohl"
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refined it for NetBSD
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.El
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.Sh BUGS
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Hard links between files in a distribution must be bracketed by
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.Cm @cwd
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directives in order to be preserved as hard links when the package is
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extracted. They additionally must not end up being split between
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.Cm tar
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invocations due to exec argument-space limitations (this depends on the
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value returned by
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.Fn sysconf _SC_ARG_MAX ) .
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.Pp
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Sure to be others.
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