Right way to build package from non-port software

Hello guys,

 

What is the right way of building packages for non-ports
applications?

AFAIK 'make package' and ' pkg_create -b name' are based on
ports
installed packages.

Is there any way of using same commands or additional
scripts to achieve
similar results?

If it matters I'm trying to create packages from
net-snmp-5.4.1 sources
(needed for 64-bits counters feature) since ports version is
based on
5.3.2.

Suggestions are welcome.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BR,

 

Catalin Miclaus

Senior Network/Security Administrator

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Catalin Miclaus wrote:
> Hello guys,
> 
>  
> 
> What is the right way of building packages for
non-ports applications?
> 
> AFAIK 'make package' and ' pkg_create -b name' are
based on ports
> installed packages.
> 
> Is there any way of using same commands or additional
scripts to achieve
> similar results?
> 
> If it matters I'm trying to create packages from
net-snmp-5.4.1 sources
> (needed for 64-bits counters feature) since ports
version is based on
> 5.3.2.
> 
> Suggestions are welcome.

What I would do is:

1. check if there is a PR pending, with an update to the new
version;
2. try to adapt the existing port to the new version.

Doing 2. should not be much more complicated than building
from source, 
see Porter's Handbook, mainly the ``quick porting'' if you
want to do it 
this way.

You do not really need the port infrastructure to use
pkg_create, so it 
seems to be the right tool you were looking for.

Hope this helps,
-- 
Michaël



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On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 12:38:40AM +0100, Catalin Miclaus
wrote:
> What is the right way of building packages for
non-ports applications?
> 
> AFAIK 'make package' and ' pkg_create -b name' are
based on ports
> installed packages.
> 
> Is there any way of using same commands or additional
scripts to achieve
> similar results?
> 
> If it matters I'm trying to create packages from
net-snmp-5.4.1 sources
> (needed for 64-bits counters feature) since ports
version is based on
> 5.3.2.
> 
> Suggestions are welcome.

In this situation, my team generally gets its hands dirty
and bumps the
port. Usually it's as easy as updating the PORTVERSION
variable. Then
attach the port diff to a PR and it'll be updated in the
official ports
tree fast. 

Unfortunately, net-snmp looks like a pretty complex port
that isn't
going to be quite so easy. You might consider pinging the
maintainer
about the new upstream version to see if there's any
interest in bumping
the port.

You might also just be able to write your own port for the
new version
from scratch (it sounds like you just grabbed the source
tarball and
didn't apply all the FreeBSD patches). See the handbook [1].
Your best
bet may be a combination of the two approaches. 

[1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/e
n_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/quick-porting.html


Good luck,

-- 
Chris Cowart
Network Technical Lead
Network & Infrastructure Services, RSSP-IT
UC Berkeley