> On 13. Mar 2021, at 18:51, bob prohaska <f...@www.zefox.net> wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 06:11:06PM +0100, Michael Gmelin wrote: >> >> >>> On Sat, 13 Mar 2021 08:50:07 -0800 >>> bob prohaska <f...@www.zefox.net> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Michel, >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 05:01:16PM +0100, Michael Gmelin wrote: >>>> What about ???make stage???? >>>> >>> Never heard of it, and can't find any obvious references. >>> Is there a description somewhere? >> >> It's one of the seven main targets of building a port: >> >> - extract >> - patch >> - configure >> - build >> - stage >> - install >> - package >> >> It installs the port into STAGEDIR (by default work/stage). Install and >> package copy files from STAGEDIR, so usually stage is run implicitly. >> See /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk for details (documentation isn't great, >> most of it is from when the big conversion to STAGEDIR happened a >> couple of years ago). >> >> To give you a simple port as an example >> >> # cd /usr/ports/editors/joe >> # make stage >> ... >> # find work/stage -type f -perm +111 >> work/stage/usr/local/bin/joe >> >> Same should work with chromium (you might need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH >> in case chromium comes with its own libraries). >> > > Thank you! Found the executable, and it suffers from the same problem > as the old version: The controls drop-down menu (right of the URL bar) > is non-persistent and can't be used. The new version does seem to run > faster, which is a step forward. > > It's surprising that a simple > find . -name stage > didn't discover the directory, but did discover those for node, > in the same subtree. The exact syntax you provided seems to be > required. > >> Oh, alternatively you could of course simply make a backup of your >> current chromium package: >> >> pkg create chromium >> >> Which you then can re-install in case the new version doesn't work as >> expected: pkg add chromium-someversion.txz >> > > The sources for the existing version of chromium are long overwritten, > can a package be constructed from installed files?
Yes, “pkg create” creates a package from what is installed on a system (package database and installed files). You can use “pkg create -a” to create tarballs for all installed packages (useful before doing major surgery or to transfer a full package set to a different system). Check “man pkg-create” for details. -m > > bob prohaska > > >> Best, >> Michael >> >>> >>> Thanks for writing! >>> >>> bob prohaska >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>> On 13. Mar 2021, at 16:49, bob prohaska <f...@www.zefox.net> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> ???After a _very_ long time www/chromium finished compiling on a >>>>> Pi3B+. I'd like to test it before installing, since I have a >>>>> (mostly) working version in /usr/local/bin and don't want to >>>>> overwrite it until I know the new version works at least as >>>>> well as the old one. >>>>> >>>>> Poking around in the source tree didn't disclose any obvious >>>>> executable, could somebody offer a hint at test methods, if any? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for reading, >>>>> >>>>> bob prohaska >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports >>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>>> "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >>>> >>>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Michael Gmelin > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
