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| author | jmmv <jmmv> | 2005-05-29 17:16:28 +0000 |
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| committer | jmmv <jmmv> | 2005-05-29 17:16:28 +0000 |
| commit | 053c413a72eb56dcf26c99e990c606b2ed7c6d5e (patch) | |
| tree | 61f6927294beaf7b45656ee4657f4625269f7f02 /doc | |
| parent | 2b593711723479a0cdcd6c8742ac49ed3c300fd0 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-053c413a72eb56dcf26c99e990c606b2ed7c6d5e.tar.gz | |
Change the 'non-root builds' question to reflect recent changes (existence
of the UNPRIVILEGED variable and simplification of bootstrapping).
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guide/files/faq.xml | 29 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/faq.xml b/doc/guide/files/faq.xml index a61ef926470..4aa476a23fd 100644 --- a/doc/guide/files/faq.xml +++ b/doc/guide/files/faq.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $NetBSD: faq.xml,v 1.10 2005/05/24 12:14:42 wiz Exp $ --> +<!-- $NetBSD: faq.xml,v 1.11 2005/05/29 17:16:28 jmmv Exp $ --> <chapter id="faq"> <?dbhtml filename="faq.html"?> <title>Frequently Asked Questions</title> @@ -232,11 +232,28 @@ <sect1 id="non-root-pkgsrc"> <title>How to use pkgsrc as non-root</title> - <para> If you want to use pkgsrc as non-root user, you can set - some variables to make pkgsrc work under these - conditions. Please see <ulink - url="http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/tech-pkg/2003/09/27/0023.html">this - message</ulink> for more details. </para> + <para>If you want to use pkgsrc as non-root user, you can set some + variables to make pkgsrc work under these conditions. At the very + least, you need to set <varname>UNPRIVILEGED</varname> to + <quote>yes</quote>; this will turn on unprivileged mode and set + multiple related variables to allow installation of packages as + non-root.</para> + + <para>In case the defaults are not enough, you may want to tune some + other variables used. For example, if the automatic user/group + detection leads to incorrect values (or not the ones you would like + to use), you can change them by setting + <varname>UNPRIVILEGED_USER</varname> and + <varname>UNPRIVILEGED_GROUP</varname> respectively.</para> + + <para>As regards bootstrapping, please note that the + <command>bootstrap</command> script will ease non-root configuration + when given the <quote>--ignore-user-check</quote> flag, as it will + choose and use multiple default directories under + <filename>~/pkg</filename> as the installation targets. These + directories can be overriden by the <quote>--prefix</quote> flag + provided by the script, as well as some others that allow finer tuning + of the tree layout.</para> </sect1> <sect1 id="resume-transfers"> |