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author | rillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org> | 2005-10-07 18:34:12 +0000 |
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committer | rillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org> | 2005-10-07 18:34:12 +0000 |
commit | c3747810f822e13fa5be98bddfcb91462a594f42 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/doc/pkgsrc.html b/doc/pkgsrc.html index 7bb0d28816b..730004ce8cb 100644 --- a/doc/pkgsrc.html +++ b/doc/pkgsrc.html @@ -6153,10 +6153,10 @@ SU_CMD=${LOCALBASE}/bin/sudo /bin/sh -c <li> <p><code class="varname">PKGNAME</code> is the name of the package, as used by pkgsrc. You only need to - provide it if it differs from DISTNAME. Usually it - is the directory name together with the version - number. It must match the regular expression - <code class= + provide it if it differs from <code class= + "varname">DISTNAME</code>. Usually it is the + directory name together with the version number. It + must match the regular expression <code class= "varname">^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9-_.+]*$</code>, that is, it starts with a letter or digit, and contains only letters, digits, dashes, underscores, @@ -6306,20 +6306,20 @@ SITES_foo-file.tar.gz=http://www.somewhere.com/somehow/ \ <ul type="disc"> <li> <p><code class="varname">MAINTAINER</code> is the - email address of the contact person for this - package. The person who feels responsible for this - package, and who is most likely to look at problems - or questions regarding this package which have been - reported with <a href= + email address of the person who feels responsible + for this package, and who is most likely to look at + problems or questions regarding this package which + have been reported with <a href= "http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?send-pr+1+NetBSD-current"> <span class="citerefentry"><span class= - "refentrytitle">send-pr</span>(1)</span></a>. The - right person to contact before making major changes - to the package. When packaging a new program, set - <code class="varname">MAINTAINER</code> to - yourself. If you really can't maintain the package - for future updates, set it to <code class= - "email"><<a href= + "refentrytitle">send-pr</span>(1)</span></a>. Other + developers should contact the <code class= + "varname">MAINTAINER</code> before making major + changes to the package. When packaging a new + program, set <code class= + "varname">MAINTAINER</code> to yourself. If you + really can't maintain the package for future + updates, set it to <code class="email"><<a href= "mailto:tech-pkg@NetBSD.org">tech-pkg@NetBSD.org</a>></code>.</p> </li> @@ -6343,17 +6343,61 @@ SITES_foo-file.tar.gz=http://www.somewhere.com/somehow/ \ <ul type="disc"> <li> <p><code class="varname">WRKSRC</code>: The - subdirectory of <code xmlns= - "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class= - "filename">${WRKDIR}</code> to which the - distribution actually unpacks. The default is + directory where the interesting distribution files + of the package are found. The default is <code xmlns= "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class= - "filename">${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}</code>. The value - of <code class="varname">WRKSRC</code> should be - set explicitly if the package does not follow - standard conventions and include the package's name - as a subdirectory.</p> + "filename">${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}</code>, which + works for most packages.</p> + + <p>If a package doesn't create a subdirectory for + itself (most GNU software does, for instance), but + extracts itself in the current directory, you + should set <code class="varname">WRKSRC= + ${WRKDIR}</code>.</p> + + <p>If a package doesn't create a subdirectory with + the name of <code class="varname">DISTNAME</code> + but some different name, set <code class= + "varname">WRKSRC</code> to point to the proper name + in <code xmlns= + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class= + "filename">${WRKDIR}</code>, for example + <code class="varname">WRKSRC= + ${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}/unix</code>. See <a xmlns= + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" href= + "ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/lang/tcl/README.html" + target="_top"><code xmlns="" class= + "filename">lang/tcl</code></a> and <a xmlns= + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" href= + "ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/x11/tk/README.html" + target="_top"><code xmlns="" class= + "filename">x11/tk</code></a> for other + examples.</p> + + <p>The name of the working directory created by + pkgsrc is taken from the <code class= + "varname">WRKDIR_BASENAME</code> variable. By + default, its value is <code xmlns= + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class= + "filename">work</code>. If you want to use the same + pkgsrc tree for building different kinds of binary + packages, you can change the variable according to + your needs. Two other variables handle common cases + of setting <code class= + "varname">WRKDIR_BASENAME</code> individually. If + <code class="varname">OBJHOSTNAME</code> is defined + in <code xmlns= + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class= + "filename">/etc/mk.conf</code>, the first component + of the host's name is attached to the directory + name. If <code class="varname">OBJMACHINE</code> is + defined, the platform name is attached, which might + look like <code xmlns= + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class= + "filename">work.i386</code> or <code xmlns= + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class= + "filename">work.sparc</code>.</p> </li> </ul> </div> @@ -6402,59 +6446,45 @@ SITES_foo-file.tar.gz=http://www.somewhere.com/somehow/ \ </div> </div> - <p>Most important, the mandatory message digest, or - checksum, of all the distfiles needed for the package to - compile, confirming they match the original file - distributed by the author. This ensures that the distfile - retrieved from the Internet has not been corrupted during - transfer or altered by a malign force to introduce a - security hole. It is generated using the - <span><strong class="command">make - makesum</strong></span> command. The digest algorithm - used was, at one stage, md5, but that was felt lacking - compared to sha1, and so sha1 is now the default - algorithm. The distfile size is also generated and stored - in new distinfo files. The <a xmlns= - "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" href= - "ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/pkgtools/digest/README.html" - target="_top"><code xmlns="" class= - "filename">pkgtools/digest</code></a> utility calculates - all of the digests in the distinfo file, and it provides - various different algorithms. At the current time, the - algorithms provided are: <span class= - "emphasis"><em>md5</em></span>, <span class= - "emphasis"><em>rmd160</em></span>, <span class= - "emphasis"><em>sha1</em></span>, <span class= - "emphasis"><em>sha256</em></span>, <span class= - "emphasis"><em>sha384</em></span> and <span class= - "emphasis"><em>sha512</em></span>.</p> - - <p>Some packages have different sets of distfiles on a - per architecture basis, for example <a xmlns= - "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" href= - "ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/www/navigator/README.html" - target="_top"><code xmlns="" class= - "filename">www/navigator</code></a>). These are kept in - the same distinfo file and care should be taken when - upgrading such a package to ensure distfile information - is not lost.</p> + <p>The <code xmlns= + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class= + "filename">distinfo</code> file contains the message + digest, or checksum, of each distfile needed for the + package. This ensures that the distfiles retrieved from + the Internet have not been corrupted during transfer or + altered by a malign force to introduce a security hole. + Due to recent rumor about weaknesses of digest + algorithms, all distfiles are protected using both SHA1 + and RMD160 message digests, as well as the file size.</p> - <p>The message digest/checksum for all the official - patches found in the <code xmlns= + <p>The <code xmlns= "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class= - "filename">patches/</code> directory (see <a href= + "filename">distinfo</code> file also contains the + checksums for all the patches found in the <code xmlns= + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class= + "filename">patches</code> directory (see <a href= "#components.patches" title= "8.3. patches/*">Section 8.3, - “patches/*”</a>) for the package is also - stored in the <code xmlns= + “patches/*”</a>).</p> + + <p>To regenerate the <code xmlns= "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class= - "filename">distinfo</code> file. This is a message - digest/checksum of all lines in the patch file except the - NetBSD RCS Id. This file is generated by invoking + "filename">distinfo</code> file, use the <span><strong class="command">make - makepatchsum</strong></span> (or <span><strong class= - "command">make mps</strong></span> if you're in a - hurry).</p> + makedistinfo</strong></span> or <span><strong class= + "command">make mdi</strong></span> command.</p> + + <p>Some packages have different sets of distfiles + depending on the platform, for example <a xmlns= + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" href= + "ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/www/navigator/README.html" + target="_top"><code xmlns="" class= + "filename">www/navigator</code></a>). These are kept in + the same <code xmlns= + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class= + "filename">distinfo</code> file and care should be taken + when upgrading such a package to ensure distfile + information is not lost.</p> </div> <div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> @@ -6677,7 +6707,7 @@ SITES_foo-file.tar.gz=http://www.somewhere.com/somehow/ \ "filename">MESSAGE</code></span></dt> <dd> - <p>Display this file after installation of the + <p>This file is displayed after installation of the package. Useful for things like legal notices on almost-free software and hints for updating config files after installing modules for apache, PHP etc. @@ -6726,50 +6756,6 @@ MESSAGE_SUBST+= SOMEVAR="somevalue" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class= "filename">${.CURDIR}/work.${MACHINE_ARCH}</code> if <code class="varname">OBJMACHINE</code> is set.</p> - - <p>If a package doesn't create a subdirectory for itself - (like GNU software does, for instance), but extracts - itself in the current directory, you should set - <code class="varname">WRKSRC</code> accordingly, e.g. - <a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" href= - "ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/editors/sam/README.html" - target="_top"><code xmlns="" class= - "filename">editors/sam</code></a> again, but the quick - answer is:</p> - <pre class="programlisting"> -WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR} -</pre> - - <p>If a package doesn't create a subdir with the name of - <code class="varname">DISTNAME</code> but some different - name, set <code class="varname">WRKSRC</code> to point to - the proper name in <code xmlns= - "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class= - "filename">${WRKDIR}</code>. See <a xmlns= - "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" href= - "ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/lang/tcl/README.html" - target="_top"><code xmlns="" class= - "filename">lang/tcl</code></a> and <a xmlns= - "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" href= - "ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/x11/tk/README.html" - target="_top"><code xmlns="" class= - "filename">x11/tk</code></a> for examples, and here is - another one:</p> - <pre class="programlisting"> -WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}/unix -</pre> - - <p>The name of the working directory created by pkgsrc is - <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" - class="filename">work</code> by default. If the same - pkgsrc tree should be used on several different - platforms, the variable <code class= - "varname">OBJMACHINE</code> can be set in /etc/mk.conf to - attach the platform to the directory name, e.g. - <code xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" - class="filename">work.i386</code> or <code xmlns= - "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class= - "filename">work.sparc</code>.</p> </div> <div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> diff --git a/doc/pkgsrc.txt b/doc/pkgsrc.txt index 19d480cc29a..9683017c34a 100644 --- a/doc/pkgsrc.txt +++ b/doc/pkgsrc.txt @@ -2303,13 +2303,13 @@ any. The third section contains the following variables. - * MAINTAINER is the email address of the contact person for this package. The - person who feels responsible for this package, and who is most likely to - look at problems or questions regarding this package which have been - reported with send-pr(1). The right person to contact before making major - changes to the package. When packaging a new program, set MAINTAINER to - yourself. If you really can't maintain the package for future updates, set - it to <tech-pkg@NetBSD.org>. + * MAINTAINER is the email address of the person who feels responsible for + this package, and who is most likely to look at problems or questions + regarding this package which have been reported with send-pr(1). Other + developers should contact the MAINTAINER before making major changes to the + package. When packaging a new program, set MAINTAINER to yourself. If you + really can't maintain the package for future updates, set it to < + tech-pkg@NetBSD.org>. * HOMEPAGE is a URL where users can find more information about the package. @@ -2318,10 +2318,27 @@ The third section contains the following variables. Other variables that affect the build: - * WRKSRC: The subdirectory of ${WRKDIR} to which the distribution actually - unpacks. The default is ${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}. The value of WRKSRC should - be set explicitly if the package does not follow standard conventions and - include the package's name as a subdirectory. + * WRKSRC: The directory where the interesting distribution files of the + package are found. The default is ${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}, which works for + most packages. + + If a package doesn't create a subdirectory for itself (most GNU software + does, for instance), but extracts itself in the current directory, you + should set WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}. + + If a package doesn't create a subdirectory with the name of DISTNAME but + some different name, set WRKSRC to point to the proper name in ${WRKDIR}, + for example WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}/unix. See lang/tcl and x11/tk for + other examples. + + The name of the working directory created by pkgsrc is taken from the + WRKDIR_BASENAME variable. By default, its value is work. If you want to use + the same pkgsrc tree for building different kinds of binary packages, you + can change the variable according to your needs. Two other variables handle + common cases of setting WRKDIR_BASENAME individually. If OBJHOSTNAME is + defined in /etc/mk.conf, the first component of the host's name is attached + to the directory name. If OBJMACHINE is defined, the platform name is + attached, which might look like work.i386 or work.sparc. Please pay attention to the following gotchas: @@ -2335,29 +2352,23 @@ Please pay attention to the following gotchas: 8.2. distinfo -Most important, the mandatory message digest, or checksum, of all the distfiles -needed for the package to compile, confirming they match the original file -distributed by the author. This ensures that the distfile retrieved from the -Internet has not been corrupted during transfer or altered by a malign force to -introduce a security hole. It is generated using the make makesum command. The -digest algorithm used was, at one stage, md5, but that was felt lacking -compared to sha1, and so sha1 is now the default algorithm. The distfile size -is also generated and stored in new distinfo files. The pkgtools/digest utility -calculates all of the digests in the distinfo file, and it provides various -different algorithms. At the current time, the algorithms provided are: md5, -rmd160, sha1, sha256, sha384 and sha512. - -Some packages have different sets of distfiles on a per architecture basis, for +The distinfo file contains the message digest, or checksum, of each distfile +needed for the package. This ensures that the distfiles retrieved from the +Internet have not been corrupted during transfer or altered by a malign force +to introduce a security hole. Due to recent rumor about weaknesses of digest +algorithms, all distfiles are protected using both SHA1 and RMD160 message +digests, as well as the file size. + +The distinfo file also contains the checksums for all the patches found in the +patches directory (see Section 8.3, "patches/*"). + +To regenerate the distinfo file, use the make makedistinfo or make mdi command. + +Some packages have different sets of distfiles depending on the platform, for example www/navigator). These are kept in the same distinfo file and care should be taken when upgrading such a package to ensure distfile information is not lost. -The message digest/checksum for all the official patches found in the patches/ -directory (see Section 8.3, "patches/*") for the package is also stored in the -distinfo file. This is a message digest/checksum of all lines in the patch file -except the NetBSD RCS Id. This file is generated by invoking make makepatchsum -(or make mps if you're in a hurry). - 8.3. patches/* This directory contains files that are used by the patch(1) command to modify @@ -2446,10 +2457,10 @@ DEINSTALL MESSAGE - Display this file after installation of the package. Useful for things like - legal notices on almost-free software and hints for updating config files - after installing modules for apache, PHP etc. Please note that you can - modify variables in it easily by using MESSAGE_SUBST in the package's + This file is displayed after installation of the package. Useful for things + like legal notices on almost-free software and hints for updating config + files after installing modules for apache, PHP etc. Please note that you + can modify variables in it easily by using MESSAGE_SUBST in the package's Makefile: MESSAGE_SUBST+= SOMEVAR="somevalue" @@ -2464,23 +2475,6 @@ sources, this directory is also used to keep various timestamp files. The directory gets removed completely on clean. The default is ${.CURDIR}/work or $ {.CURDIR}/work.${MACHINE_ARCH} if OBJMACHINE is set. -If a package doesn't create a subdirectory for itself (like GNU software does, -for instance), but extracts itself in the current directory, you should set -WRKSRC accordingly, e.g. editors/sam again, but the quick answer is: - -WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR} - -If a package doesn't create a subdir with the name of DISTNAME but some -different name, set WRKSRC to point to the proper name in ${WRKDIR}. See lang/ -tcl and x11/tk for examples, and here is another one: - -WRKSRC= ${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}/unix - -The name of the working directory created by pkgsrc is work by default. If the -same pkgsrc tree should be used on several different platforms, the variable -OBJMACHINE can be set in /etc/mk.conf to attach the platform to the directory -name, e.g. work.i386 or work.sparc. - 8.7. files/* If you have any files that you wish to be placed in the package prior to |