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authorjoerg <joerg>2008-05-25 20:52:01 +0000
committerjoerg <joerg>2008-05-25 20:52:01 +0000
commit4144c24a98ac7bbfbc34a0699c3c10bd2c4af87e (patch)
tree72da3ee405372a00b791994282891ff91e2bd9f2 /doc/guide
parent028793f6d46dc09089139ae7b39ea7b45674063c (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-4144c24a98ac7bbfbc34a0699c3c10bd2c4af87e.tar.gz
Document that bsdtar is a valid choice for EXTRACT_USING and that it is
prefered over gtar (as it can be built out-of-the-box).
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-rw-r--r--doc/guide/files/build.xml10
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/build.xml b/doc/guide/files/build.xml
index de92c2024a5..6f60c8fb5b5 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/build.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/files/build.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: build.xml,v 1.48 2007/12/12 01:03:33 markd Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: build.xml,v 1.49 2008/05/25 20:52:01 joerg Exp $ -->
<chapter id="build">
<title>The build process</title>
@@ -423,11 +423,11 @@ ${FETCH_CMD} ${FETCH_BEFORE_ARGS} ${site}${file} ${FETCH_AFTER_ARGS}
<varlistentry><term><varname>EXTRACT_USING</varname></term>
<listitem><para>This variable can be set to
- <literal>gtar</literal>, <literal>nbtar</literal> (which is the
- default value), <literal>pax</literal>, or an
+ <literal>bsdtar</literal, <literal>gtar</literal>, <literal>nbtar</literal>
+ (which is the default value), <literal>pax</literal>, or an
absolute pathname pointing to the command with which tar
- archives should be
- extracted.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
+ archives should be extracted. It is prefered to choose bsdtar over gtar
+ if NetBSD's pax-as-tar is not good enough.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist>