Be sure to set PKG_DEVELOPER=yes in mk.conf.

Install pkgtools/url2pkg, create a directory for a new package, change into it, then run url2pkg:

% mkdir /usr/pkgsrc/category/examplepkg
% cd /usr/pkgsrc/category/examplepkg
% url2pkg http://www.example.com/path/to/distfile.tar.gz

Edit the Makefile as requested.

Fill in the DESCR file

Run make configure

Add any dependencies glimpsed from documentation and the configure step to the package's Makefile.

Make the package compile, doing multiple rounds of

% make
% pkgvi ${WRKSRC}/some/file/that/does/not/compile
% mkpatches
% patchdiff
% mv ${WRKDIR}/.newpatches/* patches
% make mps
% make clean

Doing this step as non-root user will ensure that no files are modified that shouldn't be, especially during the build phase. mkpatches, patchdiff and pkgvi are from the pkgtools/pkgdiff package.

Look at the Makefile, fix if necessary; see Section 11.1, “Makefile”.

Generate a PLIST:

# make install
# make print-PLIST >PLIST
# make deinstall
# make install
# make deinstall

You usually need to be root to do this. Look if there are any files left:

# make print-PLIST

If this reveals any files that are missing in PLIST, add them.

Now that the PLIST is OK, install the package again and make a binary package:

# make reinstall
# make package

Delete the installed package:

# pkg_delete examplepkg

Repeat the above make print-PLIST command, which shouldn't find anything now:

# make print-PLIST

Reinstall the binary package:

# pkg_add .../examplepkg.tgz

Play with it. Make sure everything works.

Run pkglint from pkgtools/pkglint, and fix the problems it reports:

# pkglint

Submit (or commit, if you have cvs access); see Chapter 21, Submitting and Committing.