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authorrillig <rillig>2005-10-07 15:49:01 +0000
committerrillig <rillig>2005-10-07 15:49:01 +0000
commitd4ee5ecbe629d5bdcd6ce5cfb738c34b35a59810 (patch)
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parentcd69831d3a61298357e62beb501194a826e96632 (diff)
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WRKSRC is not a subdirectory of WRKDIR.
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diff --git a/doc/guide/files/components.xml b/doc/guide/files/components.xml
index b737743c82c..e4a196ed693 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/components.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/files/components.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: components.xml,v 1.14 2005/10/07 15:45:24 rillig Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: components.xml,v 1.15 2005/10/07 15:49:01 rillig Exp $ -->
<chapter id="components"> <?dbhtml filename="components.html"?>
<title>Package components - files, directories and contents</title>
@@ -169,15 +169,12 @@ SITES_foo-file.tar.gz=http://www.somewhere.com/somehow/ \
<para>Other variables that affect the build:
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para><varname>WRKSRC</varname>:
- The subdirectory of <filename>${WRKDIR}</filename> to which
- the distribution actually unpacks. The default is
- <filename>${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}</filename>.
- The value of <varname>WRKSRC</varname> should be set
- explicitly if the package does not follow standard
- conventions and include the package's name as a
- subdirectory.</para>
- </listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para><varname>WRKSRC</varname>: The directory where
+ the interesting distribution files of the package are found. The
+ default is <filename>${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}</filename>, which
+ works for most packages.</para></listitem>
+
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>Please pay attention to the following gotchas:</para>