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authoragc <agc@pkgsrc.org>2010-08-25 06:26:34 +0000
committeragc <agc@pkgsrc.org>2010-08-25 06:26:34 +0000
commit15b26729ed39771ec30c1f3d889dec180ef6cef7 (patch)
treec79cf965b2a26c029b74b92ba07c70986a6c5f0a /doc/guide/files
parentc7afd413963d0f39e909652a081e5928879d80f6 (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-15b26729ed39771ec30c1f3d889dec180ef6cef7.tar.gz
Add a note about bootstrapping on Interix 3.5, and the requirement for
setting the LD_LIBRARY_PATH accordingly before bootstrapping. With thanks to John Kelly for the information.
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diff --git a/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml b/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml
index 6583d100fc1..77887b1db79 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: platforms.xml,v 1.62 2010/04/25 13:15:48 obache Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: platforms.xml,v 1.63 2010/08/25 06:26:34 agc Exp $ -->
<chapter id="platforms">
<title>Using pkgsrc on systems other than &os;</title>
@@ -287,6 +287,18 @@ interix:kP=\E[S:kN=\E[T:kH=\E[U:dc@:DC@:tc=pcansi:
may create such a user; make sure it is in the local group
Administrators (or your language equivalent).</para>
+ <para>On Interix 3.5, before bootstrapping pkgsrc, the directory
+ which will contain pkgsrc shared libraries must be added to the
+ start of the <varname>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</varname> variable,
+ in the following manner.</para>
+
+ <screen>
+&rprompt; <userinput>export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/pkg/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+ </screen>
+
+ <para>Interix 3.5 requires this, as the setting is made globally in
+ <filename>/etc/profile</filename>.</para>
+
<para><command>pkg_add</command> creates directories of mode
0755, not 0775, in <filename>$PKG_DBDIR</filename>. For the
time being, install packages as the local Administrator (or