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authorrillig <rillig>2006-05-19 22:04:19 +0000
committerrillig <rillig>2006-05-19 22:04:19 +0000
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Clarified that pkgsrc users are not necessarily "end users".
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diff --git a/doc/guide/files/introduction.xml b/doc/guide/files/introduction.xml
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+++ b/doc/guide/files/introduction.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: introduction.xml,v 1.12 2006/05/19 21:43:23 rillig Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: introduction.xml,v 1.13 2006/05/19 22:04:19 rillig Exp $ -->
<chapter id="introduction">
<title>What is pkgsrc?</title>
@@ -223,9 +223,14 @@
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry><term>pkgsrc users</term><listitem><para>There are
- two kinds of pkgsrc users: Some users only want to install
- pre-built binary packages. The other users build the pkgsrc
+ <varlistentry><term>pkgsrc users</term><listitem><para>The
+ pkgsrc users are people who use the packages provided by pkgsrc.
+ Typically they are system administrators. The people using the
+ software that is inside the packages (maybe called <quote>end
+ users</quote>) are not covered by the pkgsrc guide.</para>
+
+ <para>There are two kinds of pkgsrc users: Some only want to
+ install pre-built binary packages. Others build the pkgsrc
packages from source, either for installing them directly or for
building binary packages themselves. For pkgsrc users <xref
linkend="users-guide"/> should provide all necessary