doc/guide: add chapters for getting help

5 files changed, 77 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/doc/guide/files/Makefile b/doc/guide/files/Makefile
index 2ccf735abc4..a0f9126f8c0 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/Makefile
+++ b/doc/guide/files/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.17 2016/06/11 18:14:42 rillig Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.18 2019/04/28 13:41:18 rillig Exp $
 
 WEB_PREFIX?=		${.CURDIR}/../htdocs
 DBX_XML_CATALOG?=	${SGML_PREFIX}/docbook/4.5/catalog.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ SRCS+=	files.xml
 SRCS+=	fixes.xml
 SRCS+=	ftp-layout.xml
 SRCS+=	getting.xml
+SRCS+=	help-devel.xml
+SRCS+=	help-user.xml
 SRCS+=	infr.design.xml
 SRCS+=	introduction.xml
 SRCS+=	logs.xml
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/chapters.ent b/doc/guide/files/chapters.ent
index 3827739df8c..ea1a4df7343 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/chapters.ent
+++ b/doc/guide/files/chapters.ent
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 <!--
 	Creates entities for each chapter in the pkgsrc book.
 
-	$NetBSD: chapters.ent,v 1.17 2007/09/18 08:17:21 rillig Exp $
+	$NetBSD: chapters.ent,v 1.18 2019/04/28 13:41:18 rillig Exp $
 -->
 
 <!ENTITY chap.intro			SYSTEM "introduction.xml">
 
 <!-- user's guide -->
+<!ENTITY chap.help-user			SYSTEM "help-user.xml">
 <!ENTITY chap.getting			SYSTEM "getting.xml">
 <!ENTITY chap.platform			SYSTEM "platforms.xml">
 <!ENTITY chap.using			SYSTEM "using.xml">
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
 <!ENTITY chap.faq			SYSTEM "faq.xml">
 
 <!-- developer's guide -->
+<!ENTITY chap.help-devel		SYSTEM "help-devel.xml">
 <!ENTITY chap.creating			SYSTEM "creating.xml">
 <!ENTITY chap.components		SYSTEM "components.xml">
 <!ENTITY chap.makefile			SYSTEM "makefile.xml">
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/help-devel.xml b/doc/guide/files/help-devel.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e1e685f332f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guide/files/help-devel.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<!-- $NetBSD: help-devel.xml,v 1.1 2019/04/28 13:41:18 rillig Exp $ -->
+
+<chapter id="help-devel">
+<title>Getting help</title>
+
+<para>
+	To get help when developing pkgsrc, the definitive source is this
+	document, the pkgsrc guide. If you don't find anything here,
+	there are alternatives:
+</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>
+	The built-in pkgsrc help, which is available after bootstrapping
+	pkgsrc. Run <command>bmake help topic=&#x2026;</command> to get
+	help for any topic, such as a variable name like
+	<varname>BUILD_DEFS</varname>, a make target like
+	<command>do-build</command>, a missing C or C++ function like
+	<command>strcasecmp</command> or any other topic.</para>
+</listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>
+	The tech-pkg mailing list, to which
+	<ulink url="https://www.NetBSD.org/mailinglists/#tech-pkg">you
+	can subscribe</ulink> and then <ulink
+		url="mailto:tech-pkg@NetBSD.org">ask your
+	questions</ulink>.</para>
+</listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>The #pkgsrc IRC channel, which is accessible
+	<ulink url="https://webchat.freenode.net/">via a web browser</ulink>
+	or by using a specialized chat program such as
+	<ulink url="http://xchat.org/">XChat</ulink>.
+	Pick any user name and join the channel #pkgsrc.</para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+</chapter>
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/help-user.xml b/doc/guide/files/help-user.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a710fd5bb76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guide/files/help-user.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!-- $NetBSD: help-user.xml,v 1.1 2019/04/28 13:41:18 rillig Exp $ -->
+
+<chapter id="help-user">
+<title>Getting help</title>
+
+<para>
+	To get help when using pkgsrc, the definitive source is this
+	document, the pkgsrc guide. If you don't find anything here,
+	there are alternatives:
+</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>
+	The pkgsrc-users mailing list, to which
+	<ulink url="https://www.NetBSD.org/mailinglists/#pkgsrc-users">you
+	can subscribe</ulink> and then <ulink
+	url="mailto:pkgsrc-users@NetBSD.org">ask your
+	questions</ulink>.</para>
+</listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>The #pkgsrc IRC channel, which is accessible
+	<ulink url="https://webchat.freenode.net/">via a web browser</ulink>
+	or by using a specialized chat program such as
+	<ulink url="http://xchat.org/">XChat</ulink>.
+	Pick any user name and join the channel #pkgsrc.</para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+</chapter>
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/pkgsrc.xml b/doc/guide/files/pkgsrc.xml
index 7acdae56eaf..29793d111ef 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/pkgsrc.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/files/pkgsrc.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!-- $NetBSD: pkgsrc.xml,v 1.33 2019/01/01 02:50:23 jnemeth Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: pkgsrc.xml,v 1.34 2019/04/28 13:41:18 rillig Exp $ -->
 
 <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//NetBSD//DTD DocBook XML V4.5-Based DocBook Extension//EN" [
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
       <holder role="mailto:www@NetBSD.org">The NetBSD Foundation, Inc</holder>
     </copyright>
 
-    <pubdate>$NetBSD: pkgsrc.xml,v 1.33 2019/01/01 02:50:23 jnemeth Exp $</pubdate>
+    <pubdate>$NetBSD: pkgsrc.xml,v 1.34 2019/04/28 13:41:18 rillig Exp $</pubdate>
 
     <abstract>
 
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
   <part id="users-guide"> <?dbhtml filename="users-guide.html"?>
     <title id="users-guide.title">The pkgsrc user's guide</title>
 
+    &chap.help-user;
     &chap.getting;
     &chap.platform;
     &chap.using;
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@
 	guide on creating a new package. The remaining chapters are more
 	like a reference manual for pkgsrc.</para></partintro>
 
+    &chap.help-devel;
     &chap.creating;
     &chap.components;
     &chap.makefile;