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Introduction to FreeBSD Ports - 25 years and counting

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Talkat linux.conf.au 2020 · 2020-01-13..01-17· [linux-and-operating-systems, developer-experience]

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name:Ben Woods
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video:https://youtu.be/zj_GXPHLyGw
slides:none on file

summary

FreeBSD ports celebrate 25 years and the tree now holds ~38,000 ports; it supplies the formulas that fetch upstream source, apply patches, run configure and produce binary packages. Workflow specifics include using pkg install for day-to-day installs, using portsnap or Subversion to update the tree, running make package or make install clean in a clean build environment, creating a port (example added for aha), generating a PLIST, and submitting diffs via Bugzilla or committing via Subversion; optional bulk builds use poudriere.

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chapters (6)

  1. 0:00Start
  2. 2:38Ports – The FreeBSD App Store
  3. 12:14How to use ports Section 2
  4. 33:47Ports development - some examples Section 4
  5. 42:33Updating an existing port print/py-weasyprint
  6. 44:05Becoming a ports committer Section 6

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