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author | gdt <gdt@pkgsrc.org> | 2022-04-03 13:10:18 +0000 |
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committer | gdt <gdt@pkgsrc.org> | 2022-04-03 13:10:18 +0000 |
commit | 2e249e0f27b8d7e9d3041e2a8608d859b7702313 (patch) | |
tree | e13f353b011d9199c1bedf35fdce37960b38bb99 /bootstrap | |
parent | 2c29f8185af0100eda38f39c29e80d2fe7dcee2f (diff) | |
download | pkgsrc-2e249e0f27b8d7e9d3041e2a8608d859b7702313.tar.gz |
bootstrap: Update platforms section
Minix3 has a user. Combine "almost no users" and "no users"; the
point is really the last date we have a report of how it works, and
that only takes one person.
Adjust/shorten language.
Diffstat (limited to 'bootstrap')
-rw-r--r-- | bootstrap/README | 47 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/bootstrap/README b/bootstrap/README index aa1bd25fa5b..20cf68c4ac9 100644 --- a/bootstrap/README +++ b/bootstrap/README @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$NetBSD: README,v 1.29 2022/04/01 17:19:28 gdt Exp $ +$NetBSD: README,v 1.30 2022/04/03 13:10:18 gdt Exp $ To try to get pkgsrc working on your system, please try the following as root: @@ -64,16 +64,14 @@ PER PLATFORM INFORMATION ======================== pkgsrc supports or has supported many operating systems (platforms). -In general, there is a README.os for each platform that can run -pkgsrc, explaining particular considerations. +In general, there is a README.${platform} for each platform that can +run pkgsrc, explaining particular considerations. -Because pkgsrc contains many per-platform fixes and accommodations, -and because the presence of those at times causes more work for -others, we list platforms according to whether they are in active use. -(If you feel a platform is miscategorized, send rationale to -pkgsrc-users@. Include a README.platform with instructions if it is -missing and you are asserting that there are users. Developers should -of course feel free to make improvements.) +Note that pkgsrc contains many per-platform fixes and accommodations, +and pkgsrc does not always work well on very old platforms. We list +platforms according to whether they are in active use as a clue to +whether pkgsrc on that platform is likely to work. Improvements to +code and documentation are always welcome. Note that listing a platform as having no users is not a decision to remove it from pkgsrc; this is merely recording information that @@ -87,10 +85,10 @@ upstream and the upstream tracker URL included in the patch file or Makefile. Platforms are listed by the filename in mk/platform, annotated by the -README.platform here if different. Platforms with a * are believed to -be non-working; see the README for the platform for perhaps more -information. A platform not having a README is a clue that it might -not work. +README.platform here if different (which is probably a bug). +Platforms with a * are believed to be non-working; see the README for +the platform for perhaps more information. A platform not having a +README is a clue that it might not work. Platforms with active use and maintenance ----------------------------------------- @@ -114,10 +112,11 @@ Platforms believed to have users OpenBSD -Platforms with at least a tiny number of users ----------------------------------------------- +Platforms with at least a small number of users +----------------------------------------------- HPUX + Minix3 OpenServer5 (SCO OpenServer, platform/SCO_SV.mk) SCO UnixWare @@ -128,23 +127,17 @@ Platforms with unknown status DragonFly (no README) FreeMiNT (no README) GNUkFreeBSD - Minix3 -Platforms believed to have almost no users ------------------------------------------- +Platforms believed to have no users +----------------------------------- AIX (no cwrappers) + Bitrig BSDOS (no README) + Haiku IRIX Interix MirBSD - QNX (no README) - - -Platforms believed to have no users ------------------------------------ - - Bitrig - Haiku * OSF1 + QNX (no README) |