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authorschmonz <schmonz@pkgsrc.org>2022-04-06 00:24:05 +0000
committerschmonz <schmonz@pkgsrc.org>2022-04-06 00:24:05 +0000
commitdf301cb488fcfee76fcb74f341697ee2912482ef (patch)
tree6d7cdeeb598e8918f4c31265648e8d7023c0dafc /bootstrap
parent7fd830c6041858b9a27bf307d3a8378a23e95831 (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-df301cb488fcfee76fcb74f341697ee2912482ef.tar.gz
bootstrap: suggest pkgsrc paths before system ones.
Diffstat (limited to 'bootstrap')
-rw-r--r--bootstrap/README6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bootstrap/README b/bootstrap/README
index e52cfd4f003..8866fe2777e 100644
--- a/bootstrap/README
+++ b/bootstrap/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NetBSD: README,v 1.31 2022/04/05 12:57:21 gdt Exp $
+$NetBSD: README,v 1.32 2022/04/06 00:24:05 schmonz Exp $
To try to get pkgsrc working on your system, please try the following
as root:
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ We'd be very interested in hearing of any successes or failures on
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.)
+(See above for --prefix and its default value.) On platforms that
+ship with same-named pkg_* tools, such as OpenBSD and older FreeBSD,
+consider putting $prefix/bin earlier in PATH.
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