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authorrillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org>2007-07-20 15:21:53 +0000
committerrillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org>2007-07-20 15:21:53 +0000
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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<title>The pkgsrc guide</title>
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="/NetBSD.css" type="text/css">
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="/global.css" type="text/css">
<meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets VX.X.X">
<meta name="description" content="pkgsrc is a centralized package management system for Unix-like operating systems. This guide provides information for users and developers of pkgsrc. It covers installation of binary and source packages, creation of binary and source packages and a high-level overview about the infrastructure.">
</head>
@@ -964,6 +964,23 @@ release=pkgsrc
<code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>CVS_RSH="ssh"</code></strong>
<code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>export CVSROOT CVS_RSH</code></strong>
</pre>
+<p>By default, cvs doesn't do things like most people would
+ expect it to do, and this is unlikely to change. But there is a
+ way to convince cvs, by creating a file called
+ <code class="filename">.cvsrc</code> in your home directory and saving
+ the following lines to it. This file will save you lots of
+ headache and some bug reports, so we strongly recommend it. You
+ can find an explanation of this file in the CVS
+ documentation.</p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+# recommended CVS configuration file from the pkgsrc guide
+checkout -P
+update -d
+release -d
+diff -up
+cvs -q -z3
+rdiff -u
+</pre>
<p>Then, you change to the directory where you want to have
your copy of pkgsrc. In most cases this is
<code class="filename">/usr</code>. In that directory you run the
@@ -4498,6 +4515,8 @@ converters games mbone print x11
maintainer. This benefits non-pkgsrc users of the package,
and usually makes it possible to remove the patch in future
version.</p>
+<p>The file names of the patch files are usually of the form
+ <code class="filename">patch-<em class="replaceable"><code>[a-z][a-z]</code></em></code>.</p>
</div>
<div class="sect2" lang="en">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
@@ -7516,7 +7535,7 @@ TOOLS_PLATFORM.true?= true # shell builtin
<tbody>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="tools.new"></a><a name="id2707841"></a><b>17.4.1.</b>
+<a name="tools.new"></a><a name="id2708068"></a><b>17.4.1.</b>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>How do I add a new tool?</p></td>
</tr>
@@ -7526,7 +7545,7 @@ TOOLS_PLATFORM.true?= true # shell builtin
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="tools.listall"></a><a name="id2707850"></a><b>17.4.2.</b>
+<a name="tools.listall"></a><a name="id2708077"></a><b>17.4.2.</b>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>How do I get a list of all available
tools?</p></td>
@@ -7537,7 +7556,7 @@ TOOLS_PLATFORM.true?= true # shell builtin
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="tools.used"></a><a name="id2707861"></a><b>17.4.3.</b>
+<a name="tools.used"></a><a name="id2708088"></a><b>17.4.3.</b>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>How can I get a list of all the tools that a
package is using while being built? I want to know whether it
@@ -9519,7 +9538,7 @@ do?</a>
<tbody>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.makeflags"></a><a name="id2713470"></a><b>21.1.</b>
+<a name="devfaq.makeflags"></a><a name="id2713629"></a><b>21.1.</b>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>What is the difference between
<code class="varname">MAKEFLAGS</code>, <code class="varname">.MAKEFLAGS</code> and
@@ -9535,7 +9554,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.make"></a><a name="id2713509"></a><b>21.2.</b>
+<a name="devfaq.make"></a><a name="id2713804"></a><b>21.2.</b>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>What is the difference between
<code class="varname">MAKE</code>, <code class="varname">GMAKE</code> and
@@ -9553,7 +9572,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.cc"></a><a name="id2713549"></a><b>21.3.</b>
+<a name="devfaq.cc"></a><a name="id2713845"></a><b>21.3.</b>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>What is the difference between
<code class="varname">CC</code>, <code class="varname">PKG_CC</code> and
@@ -9571,7 +9590,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.bl3flags"></a><a name="id2713589"></a><b>21.4.</b>
+<a name="devfaq.bl3flags"></a><a name="id2713884"></a><b>21.4.</b>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>What is the difference between
<code class="varname">BUILDLINK_LDFLAGS</code>,
@@ -9584,7 +9603,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.bl3prefix"></a><a name="id2713677"></a><b>21.5.</b>
+<a name="devfaq.bl3prefix"></a><a name="id2713905"></a><b>21.5.</b>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Why does <span><strong class="command">make show-var
VARNAME=BUILDLINK_PREFIX.<em class="replaceable"><code>foo</code></em></strong></span>
@@ -9600,7 +9619,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.master_sites"></a><a name="id2713707"></a><b>21.6.</b>
+<a name="devfaq.master_sites"></a><a name="id2713934"></a><b>21.6.</b>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>What does
<code class="literal">${MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE:=package/}</code> mean? I
@@ -9624,7 +9643,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.mailinglists"></a><a name="id2713784"></a><b>21.7.</b>
+<a name="devfaq.mailinglists"></a><a name="id2714011"></a><b>21.7.</b>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Which mailing lists are there for package
developers?</p></td>
@@ -9649,7 +9668,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.documentation"></a><a name="id2713822"></a><b>21.8.</b>
+<a name="devfaq.documentation"></a><a name="id2714050"></a><b>21.8.</b>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Where is the pkgsrc
documentation?</p></td>
@@ -9697,7 +9716,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.too-much-time"></a><a name="id2713953"></a><b>21.9.</b>
+<a name="devfaq.too-much-time"></a><a name="id2714180"></a><b>21.9.</b>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>I have a little time to kill. What shall I
do?</p></td>
@@ -10931,10 +10950,10 @@ source packages</h2></div></div></div>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
<li><p><code class="filename">pkgsrc/doc/pkgsrc.txt</code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="filename">pkgsrc/doc/pkgsrc.html</code></p></li>
-<li><p><a href="http://www.NetBSD.org/Documentation/pkgsrc/" target="_top">http://www.NetBSD.org/Documentation/pkgsrc/</a></p></li>
-<li><p><a href="http://www.NetBSD.org/Documentation/pkgsrc/pkgsrc.pdf" target="_top">http://www.NetBSD.org/Documentation/pkgsrc/pkgsrc.pdf</a>:
+<li><p><a href="http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/pkgsrc/" target="_top">http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/pkgsrc/</a></p></li>
+<li><p><a href="http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/pkgsrc/pkgsrc.pdf" target="_top">http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/pkgsrc/pkgsrc.pdf</a>:
The PDF version of the pkgsrc guide.</p></li>
-<li><p><a href="http://www.NetBSD.org/Documentation/pkgsrc/pkgsrc.ps" target="_top">http://www.NetBSD.org/Documentation/pkgsrc/pkgsrc.ps</a>:
+<li><p><a href="http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/pkgsrc/pkgsrc.ps" target="_top">http://www.NetBSD.org/docs/pkgsrc/pkgsrc.ps</a>:
PostScript version of the pkgsrc guide.</p></li>
</ul></div>
</div>