Add documentation on the patch-sum file, and how to generate it using

the "makepatchsum" target

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Packages.txt b/Packages.txt
index e65c387429f..6d773cd6e12 100644
--- a/Packages.txt
+++ b/Packages.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.54 1999/07/02 08:37:20 agc Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.55 1999/07/09 14:53:11 agc Exp $
 ###########################################################################
 
 			==========================
@@ -378,6 +378,12 @@ contains the md5 checksum of the original distribution file used to create
 the NetBSD package, from which any patches were generated etc. It can be
 generated by hand using the md5(1) command or by invoking "make makesum".
 
+The files directory also includes a checksum file for all the official
+patches for the package, found in the patches/ directory (see section
+4.3). This checksum file is called patch-sum, and includes an MD5 checksum
+of all lines in the patch file except the NetBSD RCS Id. This file is
+generated using the "make makepatchsum" command.
+
 Besides that, if you have any files that you wish to be placed in the
 package prior to configuration or building, you could place these files
 here and use a cp command in the pre-configure target to achieve this.
@@ -421,6 +427,10 @@ Besides taking care of any FreeBSDisms, be sure to provide patches to
 replace any occurance of /usr/local in any "Makefile"s in the original
 package with ${PREFIX}.
 
+When you have finished a package, remember to generate the checksums
+for the patch files by using the "make makepatchsum" command, see
+section 4.2.
+
 
  4.4 pkg/*
  =========