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authorgrant <grant>2003-12-22 00:23:35 +0000
committergrant <grant>2003-12-22 00:23:35 +0000
commitd68caa6940c72b022163d47b493113c8140cee9e (patch)
treea4fd9df7a99ac5390103063fd809fa027289d6f7 /pkgtools
parent61b78fb443e457cf0e906615cb25e3ff1e6497f7 (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-d68caa6940c72b022163d47b493113c8140cee9e.tar.gz
improve DESCR and COMMENT.
Diffstat (limited to 'pkgtools')
-rw-r--r--pkgtools/pkg_install/DESCR24
-rw-r--r--pkgtools/pkg_install/Makefile4
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/pkgtools/pkg_install/DESCR b/pkgtools/pkg_install/DESCR
index 80cf0389484..263d7535e5d 100644
--- a/pkgtools/pkg_install/DESCR
+++ b/pkgtools/pkg_install/DESCR
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-This package includes the package installation and administration tools:
+pkg_install contains the core package management and administration
+utilities for pkgsrc, a multi-platform source and binary package
+system developed and maintained by The NetBSD Project and volunteers
+from around the globe.
-pkg_add - a utility for installing and upgrading software packages
-pkg_admin - perform various administrative tasks to the pkg system
-pkg_create - a utility for creating software package distributions
-pkg_delete - a utility for deleting previously installed software packages
-pkg_info - a utility for displaying information on software packages
-pkg_view - a utility for managing package views
-linkfarm - a utility for managing symbolic links to package files
+The following tools are included:
-This is a copy of NetBSD-current's pkg_* tools in a format which
-is able to be installed as a package. To prevent deinstallation,
-they don't register themselves as a package. On NetBSD, they simply
-replace the tools in /usr/sbin.
+pkg_add install and upgrade binary packages
+pkg_admin perform various pkgsrc administrative tasks
+pkg_create create software package distributions
+pkg_delete delete installed packages
+pkg_info display information about installed or binary packages
+pkg_view manage package views
+linkfarm manage symbolic links for package views
diff --git a/pkgtools/pkg_install/Makefile b/pkgtools/pkg_install/Makefile
index b239f0fbead..07499ca3477 100644
--- a/pkgtools/pkg_install/Makefile
+++ b/pkgtools/pkg_install/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.89 2003/10/11 07:29:29 grant Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.90 2003/12/22 00:23:35 grant Exp $
# Notes to package maintainers:
#
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ DISTFILES= # empty
MAINTAINER= tech-pkg@NetBSD.org
HOMEPAGE= http://www.pkgsrc.org/
-COMMENT= Package installation and administration tools
+COMMENT= Package management and administration tools for pkgsrc
GNU_CONFIGURE= # defined
CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --with-pkgdbdir=${PKG_DBDIR}