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| author | rillig <rillig> | 2006-07-23 15:34:10 +0000 |
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| committer | rillig <rillig> | 2006-07-23 15:34:10 +0000 |
| commit | 7d527ec5df7c3adac39b3338fe066ea7f1666652 (patch) | |
| tree | 7d81208abbfa1c3a7e25b32597862c9e2c22b860 | |
| parent | ea822a03c94634923181c03ab8b6b8fa9945bc72 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-7d527ec5df7c3adac39b3338fe066ea7f1666652.tar.gz | |
Shortened the description of where to find binary packages.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guide/files/using.xml | 20 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/using.xml b/doc/guide/files/using.xml index 33399a86e61..c7ae22f5427 100644 --- a/doc/guide/files/using.xml +++ b/doc/guide/files/using.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $NetBSD: using.xml,v 1.19 2006/04/18 12:56:53 rillig Exp $ --> +<!-- $NetBSD: using.xml,v 1.20 2006/07/23 15:34:10 rillig Exp $ --> <chapter id="using"> <?dbhtml filename="using.html"?> <title>Using pkgsrc</title> @@ -45,30 +45,22 @@ where to get them. You can get them on CD-ROMs, DVDs, or via FTP or HTTP.</para> - <para>For NetBSD, the binary packages are made available on - <filename>ftp.NetBSD.org</filename> and its mirrors, in the - directory - <filename>/pub/NetBSD/packages/<replaceable>OSVERSION</replaceable>/<replaceable>ARCH</replaceable>/</filename>. - For <replaceable>OSVERSION</replaceable>, you should insert the - output of <command>uname -r</command>, and for - <replaceable>ARCH</replaceable> the output of <command>uname - -p</command>.</para> - - <para>For some other platforms, binary packages can be found at - the following locations:</para> + <para>The binary packages can be found at the following + locations.</para> <informaltable id="binary-packages"> <tgroup cols="2"> <thead><row><entry>Platform</entry><entry>URL</entry></row></thead> <tbody> + <row><entry>NetBSD</entry><entry><filename>ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/</filename></entry></row> <row><entry>Solaris 9</entry><entry><filename>ftp://ftp0.mh.bbc.co.uk/pub/pkgsrc/packages/</filename></entry></row> <row><entry>Solaris 10</entry><entry><filename>http://public.enst.fr/pkgsrc/packages/</filename></entry></row> </tbody> </tgroup> </informaltable> - <para>Most of these directories contain the pkgsrc distribution - for multiple platforms. Select the appropriate subdirectories, + <para>Most of these directories contain binary packages for + multiple platforms. Select the appropriate subdirectories, according to your machine architecture and operating system, until you find a directory called <filename>All</filename>. This directory contains all the binary packages. Further, there are |