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author | rillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org> | 2007-10-11 21:03:39 +0000 |
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committer | rillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org> | 2007-10-11 21:03:39 +0000 |
commit | 353ee51fed783e723966c50d745ee20d0d7e6d01 (patch) | |
tree | 6f836b307d165cbee296058e97822f12eaa81b40 /doc/guide | |
parent | 13b67f2317feba0d42a3ebed10a00618efa735d5 (diff) | |
download | pkgsrc-353ee51fed783e723966c50d745ee20d0d7e6d01.tar.gz |
Most of the bootstrap kits are out-dated.
Provided more explanation for the naming of the subdirectories under
packages/.
Added reports/.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guide')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/guide/files/ftp-layout.xml | 41 |
1 files changed, 35 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/ftp-layout.xml b/doc/guide/files/ftp-layout.xml index 76029f5590c..b730a105969 100644 --- a/doc/guide/files/ftp-layout.xml +++ b/doc/guide/files/ftp-layout.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $NetBSD: ftp-layout.xml,v 1.8 2007/07/25 17:53:44 rillig Exp $ --> +<!-- $NetBSD: ftp-layout.xml,v 1.9 2007/10/11 21:03:39 rillig Exp $ --> <appendix id="ftp-layout"> <title>Directory layout of the pkgsrc FTP server</title> @@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ <para>For those who only want to manage binary packages on systems other than NetBSD, we provide the package management - tools in a separate, small tar file.</para> + tools in a separate, small tar file. Please note that most of + these files are horribly outdated.</para> </sect1> <sect1 id="ftp-distfiles"> @@ -56,10 +57,29 @@ >. The meaning of these variables is:</para> <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para><varname>OPSYS</varname> is the name of the operating system for which the packages have been built,</para></listitem> - <listitem><para><varname>ARCH</varname> is the hardware architecture,</para></listitem> - <listitem><para><varname>OSVERSION</varname> is the version of the operating system,</para></listitem> - <listitem><para><varname>TAG</varname> is either <literal>200<replaceable>x</replaceable>Q<replaceable>y</replaceable></literal> for a stable branch, or <literal>head</literal> for packages built from the HEAD branch.</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para><varname>OPSYS</varname> is the name of the + operating system for which the packages have been + built.</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para><varname>ARCH</varname> is the hardware + architecture of the platform for which the packages have been + built.</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para><varname>OSVERSION</varname> is the version of + the operating system. For version numbers that change often (for + example NetBSD-current), the often-changing part should be + replaced with an <literal>x</literal>, for example + <literal>4.99.x</literal>.</para></listitem> + + <listitem><para><varname>TAG</varname> is either + <literal>200<replaceable>x</replaceable>Q<replaceable>y</replaceable></literal> + for a stable branch, or <literal>head</literal> for packages + built from the HEAD branch. The latter should only be used when + the packages are updated on a regular basis. Otherwise the date + from checking out pkgsrc should be appended, for example + <literal>head_20071015</literal>.</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> <para>The rationale for exactly this scheme is that the pkgsrc users looking for binary packages @@ -78,6 +98,15 @@ contain symbolic links to the real binary packages.</para> </sect1> +<sect1 id="ftp-reports"> +<title><filename>reports</filename>: Bulk build reports</title> + + <para>Here are the reports from bulk builds, for those who want + to fix packages that didn't build on some of the platforms. The + structure of subdirectories should look like the one in <xref + linkend="ftp-packages"/>.</para> + +</sect1> <sect1 id="ftp-source"> <title><filename>current</filename>, <filename>pkgsrc-200<replaceable>x</replaceable>Q<replaceable>y</replaceable></filename>: |