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PKG-LUA-SCRIPT(5) File Formats Manual PKG-LUA-SCRIPT(5) NAME lua scripts -- lua 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. A package can contain multiple scripts per phase, they will all be run in- side their own lua VM. 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 Lua scripts are always run after shell scripts (of the same phase). API All the regular lua APIs are available with the exception of the following changes: io.open() has been modified to only open files relatively to the rootdir if specified by the -r argument passed to pkg(8). os.remove() has been modified to only remove files relatively to the rootdir if specified by the -r argument passed to pkg(8). os.rename() has been modified to only rename files relatively to the rootdir if specified by the -r argument passed to pkg(8). os.execute() has been disabled. os.exit() has been disabled. The following variables are available defined to any lua scripts: pkg_name 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_metalog String containing the path to a mtree(5) METALOG file in which package file metadata (e.g., ownership, mode) should be recorded. This is typically used when installing packages as a non-root user. If no METALOG is configured, this variable is unset and is equal to nil. pkg_upgrade Boolean to inform the scripts that it is running or not in the con- text of an upgrade arg When the first line of a Lua script starts with "-- args:" followed by a space-separated list of tokens, those tokens are parsed and made available in the global arg table. This allows passing argu- ments to Lua scripts, should not be used by regular scripts. This is used internally for deferred triggers. The following functions have been added: out pkg.prefixed_path(in) prepend pkg_prefix to in if needed and returns it as out. pkg.print_msg(msg) send messages to the user that will be shown at the end of the pkg(8) process. pkg.filecmp(file1, file2) Compare 2 files, return 0 if the files are identical, 1 if the files are different and >1 if an error occurred pkg.metalog_copy(source, destination) Will create an entry in the "metalog" if one has been defined which will clone the metadata from the source and use it for a new entry for destination path. pkg.copy(source, destination) Copy a file preserving its attributes. return -1 if an error oc- curred st pkg.stat(file) return an object table st with the following fields: type, size, uid, gid pkg.symlink(source, destination) Create a symbolic link destination pointing at source pkg.exec(arguments) Will execute the command arguments expected in the following form: `{command, arg1, arg2, arg3, ...}' The command inherits the parent's standard output and standard er- ror. stdout, stderr, exitcode pkg.exec_capture(arguments) Will execute the command arguments expected in the same form as pkg.exec(), capturing its standard output and standard error sepa- rately. Returns three values: stdout (string containing the captured stan- dard output), stderr (string containing the captured standard er- ror), and exitcode (integer exit status of the command). If the command cannot be started, the first two return values are nil and exitcode contains the error number. res pkg.readdir(path) Will return an ipair with the list of elements contained in the di- rectory the special directory `.' and `..' are be filtered out. SEE ALSO pkg_checksum(3), pkg_create(3), pkg_printf(3), pkg_repo_create(3), pkg_re- pos(3), pkg-keywords(5), pkg-repository(5), pkg-script(5), pkg-triggers(5), pkg.conf(5), pkg(8), pkg-add(8), pkg-alias(8), pkg-annotate(8), pkg-au- dit(8), pkg-autoremove(8), pkg-check(8), pkg-checksum(8), pkg-clean(8), pkg-config(8), pkg-create(8), pkg-delete(8), pkg-fetch(8), pkg-help(8), pkg-info(8), pkg-install(8), pkg-key(8), pkg-lock(8), pkg-plugins(8), pkg- query(8), pkg-register(8), pkg-repo(8), pkg-repositories(8), pkg-rquery(8), pkg-rwhich(8), pkg-search(8), pkg-set(8), pkg-shell(8), pkg-shlib(8), pkg- ssh(8), pkg-stats(8), pkg-triggers(8), pkg-unregister(8), pkg-update(8), pkg-updating(8), pkg-upgrade(8), pkg-version(8), pkg-which(8) FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly April 14, 2026 PKG-LUA-SCRIPT(5)
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