pack
luarocks pack - Create a rock, packing sources or binaries.
luarocks pack {<rockspec> | <name> [<version>]}
Argument may be a rockspec file, for creating a source rock, or the name of an installed package, for creating a binary rock. In the latter case, the package version may be given as a second argument.
luarocks pack luafilesystem 1.4.0
Assuming you have LuaFileSystem 1.4.0 in your local repository, this creates in the current directory a file called luafilesystem-1.4.0-1.linux-x86.rock
(filename will of course vary according to the platform), using the binary that is already installed.
luarocks pack copas-1.1.1-1.rockspec
Assuming you have copas-1.1.1-1.rockspec
in the current directory, this creates (also in the current directory) a file called copas-1.1.1-1.src.rock
, fetching sources as specified in the rockspec.