How to create packages?

Tsuroerusu · 11-24-2005, 06:20 PM

OK, I'm sittin' here compiling Sun's Java because their f*****-up licensing agreement is so damn restrictive, so I was wondering how I can create "my own" jdk14 and jdk15 packages which I can burn to a CD and put on the bookshelf so that I can install it in a few mins. in the future without having to sit here compiling for three hours every time I trash Windows from a PC :P

frob23 · 11-24-2005, 09:29 PM

The following is assuming you are in tcsh. If you use bash... enter tcsh before typing this or translate it into bash syntax.

Code:

foreach file ( `pkg_info | grep jdk | awk '{print $1}'` )
        echo "Creating package for $file"
        pkg_create -b $file
end

This is actually part of a shell script I use on my build box so I can just bring packages to upgrade the computers I maintain. The only main difference is the usual script excludes the grep. It will drop the package tarballs in the current directory. Change the grep to make it as specific as you want... this one catches all the jdks... even the linux ones.

Code:

#!/bin/tcsh
foreach file ( `pkg_info | awk '{print $1}'` )
        echo "Creating package for $file"
        pkg_create -b $file
end

Tsuroerusu · 11-25-2005, 12:20 AM

Thanks a lot man!

frob23 · 11-25-2005, 09:15 AM

Please respect the licensing of a program's author. Even if you do not like it. I provided that information so that you can have personal packages. Do not redistribute them to others.

Tsuroerusu · 11-25-2005, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by frob23
Please respect the licensing of a program's author. Even if you do not like it. I provided that information so that you can have personal packages. Do not redistribute them to others.

Of course not, you know, guys need to roar somethign out sometimes, at least I do

frob23 · 11-25-2005, 09:33 PM

I said that mainly because quite recently I have seen more than one person asking myself, and others, to violate the license terms by sending them precompiled packages of the jdk.