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authorjoerg <joerg@pkgsrc.org>2007-04-19 16:54:58 +0000
committerjoerg <joerg@pkgsrc.org>2007-04-19 16:54:58 +0000
commitb29522fce1144154342206f381bd75e22eaf9547 (patch)
treef566b628a0a1c524d70c1da34095083de10b477c /doc/guide
parent5ca4038017cc380722765a9c4226bd7de9644686 (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-b29522fce1144154342206f381bd75e22eaf9547.tar.gz
Update guide to reflect the changes with NO_MTREE/USE_MTREE.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guide')
-rw-r--r--doc/guide/files/build.xml16
-rw-r--r--doc/guide/files/porting.xml7
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/build.xml b/doc/guide/files/build.xml
index c074d71c689..b451f3b5cc2 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/build.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/files/build.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: build.xml,v 1.44 2007/03/03 13:27:03 kano Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: build.xml,v 1.45 2007/04/19 16:54:58 joerg Exp $ -->
<chapter id="build">
<title>The build process</title>
@@ -720,16 +720,10 @@
<listitem><para>A list of directories relative to
<varname>PREFIX</varname> that are created by pkgsrc at the
- beginning of the <emphasis>install</emphasis> phase. If
- this variable is set,
- <varname>NO_MTREE</varname>=<quote>yes</quote> is assumed,
- which means that the package claims to create all needed
- directories itself before installing files to it. Therefore
- this variable should only be set in
- <filename>Makefile</filename>s that are under control of the
- package's author. The directories are created with the
- correct ownership, depending on their
- name.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
+ beginning of the <emphasis>install</emphasis> phase.
+ The package is supposed to create all needed directories itself
+ before installing files to it and list all other directories here.
+ </para></listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist>
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/porting.xml b/doc/guide/files/porting.xml
index 0a94d9b4dcb..a3ac1ced7f3 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/porting.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/files/porting.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: porting.xml,v 1.3 2006/11/23 11:54:57 yyamano Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: porting.xml,v 1.4 2007/04/19 16:54:58 joerg Exp $ -->
<chapter id="porting"> <?dbhtml filename="porting.html"?>
<title>Porting pkgsrc</title>
@@ -41,9 +41,8 @@
<listitem><para>This file contains a list of directories,
together with their permission bits and ownership. These
directories will be created automatically with every package
- that does not explicitly set <varname>NO_MTREE</varname>. There
- have been some discussions about whether this file is needed at
- all, but with no result.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
+ that explicitly sets <varname>USE_MTREE</varname>. This feature will
+ be removed.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><filename>mk/platform/<replaceable>MyOS</replaceable>.x11.dist</filename></term>
<listitem><para>Just copy one of the pre-existing x11.dist files