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authoragc <agc>2001-12-03 21:33:56 +0000
committeragc <agc>2001-12-03 21:33:56 +0000
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Update a sentence which used to talk about mk.conf.example to explain the
use of bsd.pkg.defaults.mk. Pointed out by jhawk.
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-$NetBSD: README,v 1.12 2001/06/06 19:41:05 hubertf Exp $
+$NetBSD: README,v 1.13 2001/12/03 21:33:56 agc Exp $
Welcome to the NetBSD Packages Collection
=========================================
@@ -46,8 +46,10 @@ but will not affect the retreived source sets in pkgsrc/distfiles.
+ You can set variables to customise the behaviour (where packages are
installed, various options for individual packages etc), by setting
-variables in /etc/mk.conf. The pkgsrc/mk/mk.conf.example file
-provides some examples for customisation.
+variables in /etc/mk.conf. The pkgsrc/mk/bsd.pkg.defaults.mk gives
+the defaults which are used in pkgsrc. This file can be used as a
+guide to set values in /etc/mk.conf - it is only necessary to set
+values where they differ from the defaults.
The best way to find out what packages are in the collection is to
move to the top-level pkgsrc directory (this will usually be