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authorxtraeme <xtraeme@pkgsrc.org>2005-01-11 15:47:00 +0000
committerxtraeme <xtraeme@pkgsrc.org>2005-01-11 15:47:00 +0000
commit7cb00d0f376f4f0dd82edbcd7d6a5f0825682cea (patch)
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parent92424c079d9a1d54c702b3864a97f088320c0f62 (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-7cb00d0f376f4f0dd82edbcd7d6a5f0825682cea.tar.gz
Added section 6.5: "How to resume transferencies with pkgsrc?", while
here fix a typos in the XFree86/X.org sections.
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diff --git a/doc/guide/files/faq.xml b/doc/guide/files/faq.xml
index bf8cd3ecbab..b8af8ed374b 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/faq.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/files/faq.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: faq.xml,v 1.2 2004/11/20 13:25:22 hubertf Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: faq.xml,v 1.3 2005/01/11 15:47:00 xtraeme Exp $ -->
<chapter id="faq"> <?dbhtml filename="faq.html"?>
<title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
@@ -202,6 +202,30 @@
message</ulink> for more details. </para>
</sect1>
+<sect1>
+ <title>How to resume transferencies with pkgsrc?</title>
+
+ <para>By default resuming transferencies in pkgsrc is disabled, but you
+ can enable this feature adding the option
+ <varname>PKG_RESUME_TRANSFERS=YES</varname> into
+ <filename>mk.conf</filename>, if a previous transfer wasn't
+ completed, it will try to resume it saving your bandwidth.</para>
+ <para>For example, if you want to use <filename>wget</filename> to
+ resume downloads, you'll have to use something like:</para>
+
+ <programlisting>
+ FETCH_CMD=wget
+ .if defined(FETCH_CMD) &amp;&amp; ${FETCH_CMD} == "wget"
+ FETCH_BEFORE_ARGS=--passive-ftp
+ FETCH_RESUME_ARGS=-c
+ FETCH_OUTPUT_ARGS=-O
+ .endif
+ </programlisting>
+
+ <para>Don't forget to set <varname>FETCH_RESUME_ARGS</varname> and
+ <varname>FETCH_OUTPUT_ARGS</varname> if you are not using default
+ values.</para>
+</sect1>
<sect1>
<title>How can I install/use XFree86 from pkgsrc?</title>
@@ -209,7 +233,7 @@
<para> If you want to use XFree86 from pkgsrc instead of your
system's own X11 (<filename>/usr/X11R6</filename>,
<filename>/usr/openwin</filename>, ...), you will have to
- add the following lines into <filename>mk.conf</filename>:
+ add the following line into <filename>mk.conf</filename>:
</para>
<programlisting>
@@ -224,7 +248,7 @@
<para> If you want to use X.org from pkgsrc instead of your system's
own X11 (<filename>/usr/X11R6</filename>,
<filename>/usr/openwin</filename>, ...) you will have to add the
- following lines into <filename>mk.conf</filename>: </para>
+ following line into <filename>mk.conf</filename>: </para>
<programlisting>
X11_TYPE=xorg
@@ -524,7 +548,7 @@ CONF_FILES= ${EGDIR}/Muttrc ${PKG_SYSCONFDIR}/Muttrc</programlisting>
<screen>
===========================================================================
-$NetBSD: faq.xml,v 1.2 2004/11/20 13:25:22 hubertf Exp $
+$NetBSD: faq.xml,v 1.3 2005/01/11 15:47:00 xtraeme Exp $
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