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author | tv <tv> | 2004-03-29 02:22:32 +0000 |
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committer | tv <tv> | 2004-03-29 02:22:32 +0000 |
commit | 4524bb66902b74db45cb9d5ee656e7a9624e6907 (patch) | |
tree | b038ddee03bb1023c54818eddcdd2d032ce85b5a /bootstrap | |
parent | effeee45a3a8ef1db5f49454a7a578e3e22fe7c5 (diff) | |
download | pkgsrc-4524bb66902b74db45cb9d5ee656e7a9624e6907.tar.gz |
Add more caveat text.
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-rw-r--r-- | bootstrap/README.Interix | 27 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/bootstrap/README.Interix b/bootstrap/README.Interix index b923cd9933d..cf777db982b 100644 --- a/bootstrap/README.Interix +++ b/bootstrap/README.Interix @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$NetBSD: README.Interix,v 1.5 2004/03/27 14:46:59 grant Exp $ +$NetBSD: README.Interix,v 1.6 2004/03/29 02:22:32 tv Exp $ Please read the general README file as well. @@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ for Windows 2000, XP, and 2003. SFU can be downloaded from: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/ +Services for Unix 3.5 (current as of this writing) has been tested. 3.0 may +work, but is not officially supported. + At an absolute minimum, the following packages must be installed from the Windows Services for Unix 3.5 distribution in order to use bootstrap-pkgsrc: @@ -34,20 +37,30 @@ remains as case-insensitive, then "bootstrap" will require the KNOWN CAVEATS +* The package imanager (either the pkgsrc "su" user, or the user + running "pkg_add") must be a member of the local Administrators + group. Such a user must also be used to run the bootstrap. This is + slightly relaxed from the normal pkgsrc requirement of "root". + +* The package manager should use a umask of 022. "make install" will + automatically complain if this is not the case. This ensures that + directories written in /var/db/pkg are Administrators-group writeable. + * 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 + the privileged user (these will eventually be fixed). To accommodate 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. + use an older version of pkgsrc'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 the option + "--pkgdbdir=DIRECTORY" to "bootstrap". * On Windows under Interix, the "root" user is actually named "Administrator". This may require some modification to pkgsrc to introduce a parameterized root user for installation purposes. - (Likewise, the bootstrap script sets the root group to "+Administrators".) + (Likewise, the bootstrap script sets the root group to + "+Administrators".) |