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authorwiz <wiz>2001-12-03 19:03:19 +0000
committerwiz <wiz>2001-12-03 19:03:19 +0000
commit1f616a840c012197ac1e43c2a1cbe1fbe78c74b9 (patch)
treeb1dba1934d8e474a3e6946d57aef51d6abcb1540 /pkgtools/url2pkg
parent6fe14ef2007b9886d2aa058acc6f4808b1ac8d6b (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-1f616a840c012197ac1e43c2a1cbe1fbe78c74b9.tar.gz
Miscellaneous man page fixes.
Diffstat (limited to 'pkgtools/url2pkg')
-rw-r--r--pkgtools/url2pkg/files/url2pkg.878
1 files changed, 40 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/pkgtools/url2pkg/files/url2pkg.8 b/pkgtools/url2pkg/files/url2pkg.8
index 34fe8aca8fc..a2bd46ca10b 100644
--- a/pkgtools/url2pkg/files/url2pkg.8
+++ b/pkgtools/url2pkg/files/url2pkg.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: url2pkg.8,v 1.2 2001/04/09 14:51:47 hubertf Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: url2pkg.8,v 1.3 2001/12/03 19:03:23 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -45,16 +45,16 @@
.Op Ar URL
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
-takes the
-.Ar URL
+takes the
+.Ar URL
to a package's distfile that should be
turned into a package. The
-generated package includes a
-.Pa Makefile
+generated package includes a
+.Pa Makefile
and a basic set of files to get the
package going. Any customisations to get the package going need to be
-adjusted manually after
-.Nm
+adjusted manually after
+.Nm
has finished it's job.
.Pp
.Nm
@@ -64,36 +64,30 @@ intended to fly on autopilot, though.
The
.Pa Makefile
contains all the requiered variable, such as DISTNAME or MASTER_SITES, but some of them cannot be automatically set. Hence, the user's usual editor is invoked to edit the
-.Pa Makefile.
+.Pa Makefile .
.Pp
After the
-.Pa Makefile
-is completed,
-.Nm
+.Pa Makefile
+is completed,
+.Nm
fetches the archive, and computes its checksum via the
.Ic make makesum
-target. Then archive extraction is done, via the
+target. Then archive extraction is done, via the
.Ic make extract
-target, and finally,
+target, and finally,
.Nm
attempts to detect if
-the software uses a
-.Ic configure
-script, and if it's from GNU
-.Ic autoconf.
+the software uses a
+.Ic configure
+script, and if it's from GNU
+.Ic autoconf .
.Pp
If the user does not supply the
.Ar URL
-on the command line, then
+on the command line, then
.Nm
will prompt for it.
-.Sh EXAMPLES
-.Nm
-.Ar http://www.foo.com/bar/buz.tgz
-.Pp
-Will generate a template NetBSD package for the software that can be found at
-.Ar http://www.foo.com/bar/buz.tgz
-.Sh ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES
+.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It PKGEDITOR, EDITOR
Editor used for
@@ -101,23 +95,31 @@ Editor used for
edition.
.It PKGMAINTAINER, REPLYTO
Name used for the MAINTAINER field in the package
-.Pa Makefile.
+.Pa Makefile .
.El
-.Sh BUGS
+.Sh EXAMPLES
.Nm
-does not generate an empty
-.Pa patches
-directory
-.Sh AUTHOR(S)
-.Nm
-was written by
-.An Hubert Feyrer Aq hubertf@netbsd.org
-.br
-This man page was written by
-.An Emmanuel Dreyfus Aq manu@netbsd.org
+.Ar http://www.foo.com/bar/buz.tgz
+.Pp
+Will generate a template
+.Nx
+package for the software that can be found at
+.Ar http://www.foo.com/bar/buz.tgz
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr packages 7
.br
-.Em "Documentation on the NetBSD Package System",
+.Em "Documentation on the NetBSD Package System" ,
.An Hubert Feyrer Aq hubertf@netbsd.org
.An Alistair Crooks Aq agc@pkgsrc.org
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.Nm
+was written by
+.An Hubert Feyrer Aq hubertf@netbsd.org
+.br
+This man page was written by
+.An Emmanuel Dreyfus Aq manu@netbsd.org
+.Sh BUGS
+.Nm
+does not generate an empty
+.Pa patches
+directory