Creating a tiny new GhostBSD package for sharing with others

 Creating a tiny new GhostBSD / FreeBSD package for sharing with others, GURUs Generate_User_Report_for_Upload

 Here is an example of creating a FreeBSD style package, read some URLs

http://lastsummer.de/creating-custom-packages-on-freebsd/#:~:text=The%20last%20step%20uses%20pkg-create%288%29%20to%20build%20a,to%20use%20the%20package%20archive%20file%20with%20pkg-add%288%29.  This has very good steps to follow,

 

Insert this file to start your journey.  Copy and paste into tmp_stage.sh ;  chmod u+x tmp_stage.sh ;  sh ./tmp_stage.sh

 

 

#!/bin/sh

STAGEDIR=/tmp/stage
rm -rf ${STAGEDIR}
mkdir -p ${STAGEDIR}

cat >> ${STAGEDIR}/+PRE_DEINSTALL <<EOF
# careful here, this may clobber your system
echo "Resetting root shell"
pw usermod -n root -s /bin/csh
EOF

cat >> ${STAGEDIR}/+POST_INSTALL <<EOF
# careful here, this may clobber your system
echo "Registering root shell"
pw usermod -n root -s /bin/sh
EOF

https://github.com/freebsd/pkg  Github has some good reading too.

 

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4602977/freebsd-pkg-create-how-to Kind of Sparse as an example.  May be of future use

https://www.tecmint.com/pkg-command-examples-to-manage-packages-in-freebsd/  23 examples of using pkg command

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/where-does-make-package-put-the-pkg-file.73535/  Helpful example of creating a package   "pkg help create"

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/creating-a-pkg-with-pkg-create.88358/  FreeBSD forum post that I followed and put a link to this blog.

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/freebsd-install-rtorrent-and-rutorrent-on-lighttpd-full-guide.85230/

https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/plist/#plist-keywords  Yes the learning curve is too damned steep to accomplish a very simple task of creating a binary package from these 7 files:

    ./share/applications/generate_user_report.desktop #Desktop application file
    ./lib/guru/Makefile #Makefile
    ./lib/guru/README.md #Standard Readme file written in MarkDown language
    ./lib/guru/Report_fred-ghostbsd-pc1_2020-04-05_example.txt #Example Report.txt File created from User_Report.sh file
    ./lib/guru/User_Report.py #Python script file to create the GUI interface with a couple buttons
    ./lib/guru/User_Report.sh #Shell Script file
    ./lib/guru/applets-screenshooter.png #Icon file

No creation of these files from a Makefile is needed.  I included a sample Makefile.

Freebsd pkg #manifest
Best simple use of "pkg create" tool Best description on the web
Packaging setup, usage, and explanation
How to make a binary package, using FreeBSD tools
Quick Porting example from Porters Handbook

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/creating-a-pkg-with-pkg-create.88358/#post-602161 Pat Maddox March 2023 help with pkg creation
Section 3.2..2 porting pkg plist