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authorjoerg <joerg>2009-08-02 02:41:53 +0000
committerjoerg <joerg>2009-08-02 02:41:53 +0000
commitfe6e003141c9602a0404bb982991683836b0d96f (patch)
treefef0a5ac1c88feb62793b349b6070fbca2d58290
parentc2d73c65f14d4d300822848a5d855e889dec01ba (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-fe6e003141c9602a0404bb982991683836b0d96f.tar.gz
Add a note about URLs starting with a dash.
-rw-r--r--doc/guide/files/build.xml6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/build.xml b/doc/guide/files/build.xml
index 82d730cbcd3..7a0d628710b 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/build.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/files/build.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: build.xml,v 1.60 2009/04/09 00:51:31 joerg Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: build.xml,v 1.61 2009/08/02 02:41:53 joerg Exp $ -->
<chapter id="build">
<title>The build process</title>
@@ -297,6 +297,10 @@ http://www.somewhereelse.com/mirror/somehow/
MASTER_SITES= http://www.example.com/download.cgi?file=
</programlisting>
+ <para> The exception to this rule are URLs starting with a dash.
+ In that case the URL is taken as is, fetched and the result stored
+ under the name of the distfile.</para>
+
<para>There are some predefined values for
<varname>MASTER_SITES</varname>, which can be used in
packages. The names of the variables should speak for