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authorsnj <snj>2009-05-17 23:36:01 +0000
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@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ Before you download any pkgsrc files, you should decide whether you want the
current branch or the stable branch. The latter is forked on a quarterly basis
from the current branch and only gets modified for security updates. The names
of the stable branches are built from the year and the quarter, for example
-2007Q4.
+2009Q1.
The second step is to decide how you want to download pkgsrc. You can get it as
a tar file, via SUP, or via CVS. All three ways are described here.
@@ -845,15 +845,15 @@ described in detail in Appendix C, Directory layout of the pkgsrc FTP server.
The tar file for the current branch is in the directory current and is called
pkgsrc.tar.gz. It is autogenerated daily.
-The tar file for the stable branch 2007Q4 is in the directory pkgsrc-2007Q4 and
-is also called pkgsrc-2007Q4.tar.gz.
+The tar file for the stable branch 2009Q1 is in the directory pkgsrc-2009Q1 and
+is also called pkgsrc-2009Q1.tar.gz.
To download a pkgsrc stable tarball, run:
$ ftp ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/pkgsrc-200xQy/pkgsrc-200xQy.tar.gz
Where pkgsrc-200xQy is the stable branch to be downloaded, for example,
-"pkgsrc-2007Q4".
+"pkgsrc-2009Q1".
Then, extract it with:
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ $ cd /usr
$ cvs checkout -r pkgsrc-200xQy -P pkgsrc
Where pkgsrc-200xQy is the stable branch to be checked out, for example,
-"pkgsrc-2007Q4"
+"pkgsrc-2009Q1"
This will create the directory pkgsrc/ in your /usr/ directory and all the
package source will be stored under /usr/pkgsrc/.
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ When updating pkgsrc, the CVS program keeps track of the branch you selected.
But if you, for whatever reason, want to switch from the stable branch to the
current one, you can do it by adding the option "-A" after the "update"
keyword. To switch from the current branch back to the stable branch, add the
-"-rpkgsrc-2007Q4" option.
+"-rpkgsrc-2009Q1" option.
2.2.2.2. What happens to my changes when updating?
@@ -2211,7 +2211,7 @@ following points:
root access).
o Packages on ftp.NetBSD.org should only be created from the stable
- branches (like 2007Q1), so that users browsing the available
+ branches (like 2009Q1), so that users browsing the available
collections can see at a glance how old the packages are.
o The packages must be built as root, since some packages require set-uid
@@ -7951,7 +7951,8 @@ uuencoded gzipped tar(1) archive that contains all files that make up the
package. Finally, send this package to the pkgsrc bug tracking system, either
with the send-pr(1) command, or if you don't have that, go to the web page
http://www.NetBSD.org/support/send-pr.html, which contains some instructions
-and a link to a form, where you can submit packages.
+and a link to a form where you can submit packages. The sysutils/gtk-send-pr
+package is also available as a substitute for either of the above two tools.
In the form of the problem report, the category should be "pkg", the synopsis
should include the package name and version number, and the description field