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authorcjep <cjep@pkgsrc.org>2021-02-10 21:44:44 +0000
committercjep <cjep@pkgsrc.org>2021-02-10 21:44:44 +0000
commitb6f45246432f62fed5d11f17b6a71fce1500730f (patch)
treec020f842fe3d1b9e093e6fd89fd97b7a35bec608 /bootstrap/README
parent29d547945d7d72a15e4e4c39950669b5c14568b6 (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-b6f45246432f62fed5d11f17b6a71fce1500730f.tar.gz
add a note about bmake vs make in case it is not obvious to the end user
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-$NetBSD: README,v 1.24 2020/08/14 07:35:26 schmonz Exp $
+$NetBSD: README,v 1.25 2021/02/10 21:44:44 cjep Exp $
To try to get pkgsrc working on your system, please try the following
as root:
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ Please remember to add $prefix/bin to your PATH environment variable
and $prefix/man to your MANPATH environment variable, if necessary.
(See above for --prefix and its default value.)
+Remember also to use bmake to build packages in pkgsrc. It's very
+likely that the native make on your system will be incompatible with
+the Makefiles in pkgsrc.
+
The bootstrap script will create an example mk.conf file located
in your work directory as "mk.conf.example". It contains the
settings you provided to the bootstrap. Copy it to your