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author | tv <tv> | 2004-03-12 00:16:42 +0000 |
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committer | tv <tv> | 2004-03-12 00:16:42 +0000 |
commit | 75370958726e20eb2833865bc927bdbe4c2b461d (patch) | |
tree | bd6847c861594f5fa82b18422d797289c00d0e13 /bootstrap | |
parent | 895a95960289902019cb244e2b9bb69f1dee8c70 (diff) | |
download | pkgsrc-75370958726e20eb2833865bc927bdbe4c2b461d.tar.gz |
Add notes about root user and the packages from interopsystems.com.
Diffstat (limited to 'bootstrap')
-rw-r--r-- | bootstrap/README.Interix | 15 |
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. |