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PKG-SCRIPT(5) BSD File Formats Manual PKG-SCRIPT(5) 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_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 mes- sages 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_printf(3), pkg_repos(3), pkg-lua-script(5), pkg-repository(5), pkg.conf(5), pkg(8), pkg-add(8), pkg-alias(8), pkg-annotate(8), pkg-audit(8), pkg-autoremove(8), pkg-backup(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), pkg-stats(8), pkg-update(8), pkg-updating(8), pkg-upgrade(8), pkg-version(8), pkg-which(8) BSD January 28, 2020 BSD
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