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authortv <tv@pkgsrc.org>2004-03-12 00:16:42 +0000
committertv <tv@pkgsrc.org>2004-03-12 00:16:42 +0000
commit8a81abc87bfabe634ff9bfb873163c7d10c6414e (patch)
treebd6847c861594f5fa82b18422d797289c00d0e13 /bootstrap
parent41cdf1f7c83925ae3af90dbdccdb315486a11443 (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-8a81abc87bfabe634ff9bfb873163c7d10c6414e.tar.gz
Add notes about root user and the packages from interopsystems.com.
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bootstrap/README.Interix b/bootstrap/README.Interix
index 600ed817869..581b296262a 100644
--- a/bootstrap/README.Interix
+++ b/bootstrap/README.Interix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NetBSD: README.Interix,v 1.3 2004/03/11 20:47:56 tv Exp $
+$NetBSD: README.Interix,v 1.4 2004/03/12 00:16:42 tv Exp $
Please read the general README file as well.
@@ -34,6 +34,19 @@ remains as case-insensitive, then "bootstrap" will require the
KNOWN CAVEATS
+* It is not necessary, in general, to have a "root" user on the Windows
+ system; any member of the local Administrators group will suffice.
+ However, some packages currently assume that the user named "root" is
+ the privileged user (these will eventually be fixed). To accomodate
+ these, you may create such a user; make sure it is in the local group
+ Administrators.
+
+* The popular Interix binary packages from http://www.interopsystems.com/
+ use OpenBSD's pkg_* tools and occupy the /var/db/pkg directory (though
+ the packages install to /usr/local). If you want to have both kinds of
+ packages installed in the system, supply "--pkgdbdir=DIRECTORY" to
+ "bootstrap" to use an alternative package database directory.
+
* As of this writing, the necessary Interix support stubs have not yet been
added to pkgsrc/mk.