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NAME
shell scripts - Shell scripts that are run by pkg(8)
DESCRIPTION
pkg(8) run scripts at given phases of the process it is running
The phases are the following:
pre-install:
run before installing the files on the system.
post-install:
run after installing the files on the system.
pre-deinstall:
run before removing the files on the system.
post-deinstall:
run after removing the files on the system.
In the particular case of an upgrade the scripts are run in the following
order:
1. new pre-install
2. old pre-deinstall
3. replace binaries
4. new post-install
Environment
The following environment variable are exported to be used by the script
PKG_NAME
Represents the name of the package.
PKG_PREFIX
PREFIX defined within the package at build time.
PKG_ROOTDIR
represents the root directory where the package will be installed
as specified by the -r arguments passed to pkg(8).
PKG_MSGFD
Number of a file descriptor to be used to be able to send
messages to the user that will be shown at the end of the pkg(8)
process.
PKG_UPGRADE
Variable existing when the scripts is run in the context of an
upgrade of the package
SEE ALSO
pkg_create(3), pkg_printf(3), pkg_repos(3), pkg-keywords(5),
pkg-lua-script(5), pkg-repository(5), pkg-triggers(5), pkg.conf(5),
pkg(8), pkg-add(8), pkg-alias(8), pkg-annotate(8), pkg-audit(8),
pkg-autoremove(8), pkg-check(8), pkg-clean(8), pkg-config(8),
pkg-create(8), pkg-delete(8), pkg-fetch(8), pkg-info(8), pkg-install(8),
pkg-lock(8), pkg-query(8), pkg-register(8), pkg-repo(8), pkg-rquery(8),
pkg-search(8), pkg-set(8), pkg-shell(8), pkg-shlib(8), pkg-ssh(8),