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| author | asau <asau@pkgsrc.org> | 2013-05-03 16:55:29 +0000 |
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| committer | asau <asau@pkgsrc.org> | 2013-05-03 16:55:29 +0000 |
| commit | 010e6ae1d7cffa8deec3a5152f25f4db7ea04136 (patch) | |
| tree | dd97e8ba3f43c80f9cd1790f3112b0775c2f4ef4 /doc/guide | |
| parent | 2968988761b34370fc96fae6fbec8ccb18569b48 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-010e6ae1d7cffa8deec3a5152f25f4db7ea04136.tar.gz | |
Explain that tar archive contains CVS working copy.
Point to HTTP location.
Mention that it is the same as FTP, only URL schema differs.
Mention that we distribute bzip2- and xz-compressed archives.
Mention that one can use curl, wget, or web browser.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guide')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guide/files/getting.xml | 35 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/getting.xml b/doc/guide/files/getting.xml index df82b2b3200..76e88d37391 100644 --- a/doc/guide/files/getting.xml +++ b/doc/guide/files/getting.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $NetBSD: getting.xml,v 1.30 2012/10/06 08:16:43 jnemeth Exp $ --> +<!-- $NetBSD: getting.xml,v 1.31 2013/05/03 16:55:29 asau Exp $ --> <chapter id="getting"> <title>Where to get pkgsrc and how to keep it up-to-date</title> @@ -27,19 +27,37 @@ and dashes.</para> want to download pkgsrc. You can get it as a tar file or via CVS. Both ways are described here.</para> + <para>Note that tar archive contains CVS working copy. + Thus you can switch to using CVS at any later time.</para> + + <para>Note also that quarterly branch is not frozen in stone. + It receives critical updates.</para> + <sect2 id="getting-via-tar"> -<title>As tar file</title> +<title>As tar archive</title> <para>The primary download location for all pkgsrc files is - <ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/"/>. There are a - number of subdirectories for different purposes, which are - described in detail in <xref linkend="ftp-layout"/>.</para> + <ulink url="http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/"/> or + <ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/"/> + (it points to the same location). + There are a number of subdirectories for different purposes, + which are described in detail in <xref linkend="ftp-layout"/>.</para> - <para>The tar file for the current branch is in the directory + <para>The tar archive for the current branch is in the directory <filename>current</filename> and is called <ulink - url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc.tar.gz"><filename>pkgsrc.tar.gz</filename></ulink>. + url="http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc.tar.gz"><filename>pkgsrc.tar.gz</filename></ulink>. It is autogenerated daily.</para> + <para>To save download time we provide bzip2- and + xz-compressed archives which are published at + <ulink url="http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc.tar.bz2"><filename>pkgsrc.tar.bz2</filename></ulink> + and + <ulink url="http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc.tar.xz"><filename>pkgsrc.tar.xz</filename></ulink> + respectively. + </para> + + <para>You can fetch the same files using FTP.</para> + <para>The tar file for the stable branch 2009Q1 is in the directory <filename>pkgsrc-2009Q1</filename> and is also called <ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/pkgsrc-2009Q1/pkgsrc-2009Q1.tar.gz"><filename>pkgsrc-2009Q1.tar.gz</filename></ulink>.</para> @@ -52,6 +70,9 @@ and dashes.</para> <para>Where <replaceable>pkgsrc-20xxQy</replaceable> is the stable branch to be downloaded, for example, <quote>pkgsrc-2009Q1</quote>.</para> + + <para>You can use fetch it also using "wget", "curl", + or your web browser.</para> <!-- <para>After downloading the tar file, change to the directory where you want to have pkgsrc. This is usually |