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| author | hubertf <hubertf@pkgsrc.org> | 1998-04-17 21:47:26 +0000 |
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| committer | hubertf <hubertf@pkgsrc.org> | 1998-04-17 21:47:26 +0000 |
| commit | 465ad8f20bee3ee0282eb7b14c8fa5bcc757c04d (patch) | |
| tree | b0a598978e12a96a868fcaeaac55633efc2ba1de /Packages.txt | |
| parent | 0990c9899ddfce1224219c4552f32f1a8c2bb617 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-465ad8f20bee3ee0282eb7b14c8fa5bcc757c04d.tar.gz | |
Document getting pkgsrc via sup, minor editing.
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diff --git a/Packages.txt b/Packages.txt index 44e30bd48f4..c14a0e6aba4 100644 --- a/Packages.txt +++ b/Packages.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.26 1998/04/17 10:13:20 agc Exp $ +# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.27 1998/04/17 21:47:26 hubertf Exp $ ########################################################################### ========================== @@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ To get the package source going, you need to get the pkgsrc.tar.gz file from ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-current/tar_files/pkgsrc.tar.gz and unpack it into /usr/pkgsrc. +As an alternative, you can get pkgsrc via the Software Update Protocol, +SUP. To do so, make sure your supfile has a line saying "release=pkgsrc" in +it, see the examples in /usr/share/examples/supfiles, and that the +directory /usr/pkgsrc does exist. Then, simply start "sup". + 2.2 Fetching distfiles ====================== @@ -255,14 +260,15 @@ Building, installation and creation of a binary package are all controlled by the package's Makefile. There is a Makefile for each package. This file includes the standard -"../../mk/bsd.pkg.mk" file, which sets all the definitions and actions -necessary for the package to compile and install itself. The mandatory fields -are the DISTNAME which specifies the base name of the distribution file to be -downloaded from the site on the Internet, MASTER_SITES which specifies that -site, CATEGORIES which denotes the categories into which the package falls, -PKGNAME which is the name of the package and the MAINTAINER name. This is -so that anyone who quibbles with the (always completely correct) decisions -taken by the guy who maintains the port can complain vigorously. +bsd.pkg.mk file (referenced as "../../mk/bsd.pkg.mk"), which sets all the +definitions and actions necessary for the package to compile and install +itself. The mandatory fields are the DISTNAME which specifies the base name +of the distribution file to be downloaded from the site on the Internet, +MASTER_SITES which specifies that site, CATEGORIES which denotes the +categories into which the package falls, PKGNAME which is the name of the +package and the MAINTAINER name. This is so that anyone who quibbles with +the (always completely correct) decisions taken by the guy who maintains +the port can complain vigorously. Currently the following values are available for CATEGORIES. If more than one is used, they need to be separated by spaces: |