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authorjlam <jlam>2002-10-24 04:52:15 +0000
committerjlam <jlam>2002-10-24 04:52:15 +0000
commit9b33d2c4a3e6d0c88ac604e9fddf21d2b5cbb8c2 (patch)
tree536f256485251bbe494eb124770ef25e877f4680 /Packages.txt
parent237052d5c50f27d6648b4b9700989f07c3780900 (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-9b33d2c4a3e6d0c88ac604e9fddf21d2b5cbb8c2.tar.gz
Refer readers to the text files in mk/buildlink2 for more information that
isn't appropriate for Packages.txt, and change the way the dotted list appears to look more like the rest of Packages.txt.
Diffstat (limited to 'Packages.txt')
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Packages.txt b/Packages.txt
index 8dab9103e3f..a0ca9d6c6dd 100644
--- a/Packages.txt
+++ b/Packages.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.266 2002/10/23 19:21:18 jlam Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.267 2002/10/24 04:52:15 jlam Exp $
###########################################################################
==========================
@@ -1583,7 +1583,9 @@ in a two step process:
This normalizes the environment in which a package is built so that the
package may be built consistently despite what may other software may
-installed.
+installed. Please refer to pkgsrc/mk/buildlink2/buildlink2.txt for some
+FAQs and answers regarding buildlink2, and to pkgsrc/mk/buildlink2/README
+for a description of how buildlink2 is implemented in pkgsrc.
8.1 Converting packages to use buildlink2
@@ -1599,19 +1601,19 @@ with
.include "../../category/foo/buildlink2.mk"
There are several buildlink2.mk files in pkgsrc/mk that handle special
-circumstances.
+package issues:
- (*) motif.buildlink2.mk checks for a system-provided Motif installation
- or adds a dependency on x11/lesstif or x11/openmotif;
+ * motif.buildlink2.mk checks for a system-provided Motif installation
+ or adds a dependency on x11/lesstif or x11/openmotif;
- (*) ossaudio.buildlink2.mk defines several variables that may be used by
- packages that use the Open Sound System (OSS) API;
+ * ossaudio.buildlink2.mk defines several variables that may be used by
+ packages that use the Open Sound System (OSS) API;
- (*) pthread.buildlink2.mk uses the value of PTHREAD_OPTS and checks for
- native pthreads or adds a dependency on devel/pth as needed;
+ * pthread.buildlink2.mk uses the value of PTHREAD_OPTS and checks for
+ native pthreads or adds a dependency on devel/pth as needed;
- (*) xaw.buildlink2.mk uses the value of XAW_TYPE to choose a particular
- Athena widgets library.
+ * xaw.buildlink2.mk uses the value of XAW_TYPE to choose a particular
+ Athena widgets library.
The comments in those buildlink2.mk files provide a more complete
description of how to use them properly.