Add installation packaging script for FreeBSD #431
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Swift should be distributed to FreeBSD users as a .pkg file which can be installed using pkg, the system package manager. This allows for a better user experience because it handles installing all of the required dependencies as well as placing the compiler in the user's PATH. To create a FreeBSD package, we should have a script that automates the process of creating one. This commit adds such a script. It is designed to be invoked by the CI system, but can also be invoked by an end user.
jakepetroules
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shahmishal
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Thank you! |
| "prefix": "/usr/local", | ||
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| "maintainer": "Apple Inc.", |
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nit: maintainer should be a email address. see pkg-create(8)
| "arch": "$(uname -m)", | ||
| "prefix": "/usr/local", | ||
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nit: this should be a one-liner description that will show up in pkg info
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For the description field, we already have “the Swift programming language.” Any suggestions on what a short, succinct comment about the package could be?
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Swift should be distributed to FreeBSD users as a .pkg file which can be installed using pkg, the system package manager. This allows for a better user experience because it handles installing all of the required dependencies as well as placing the compiler in the user's PATH.
To create a FreeBSD package, we should have a script that automates the process of creating one. This commit adds such a script. It is designed to be invoked by the CI system, but can also be invoked by an end user.