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-rw-r--r--mk/buildlink3/bsd.buildlink3.mk10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mk/buildlink3/bsd.buildlink3.mk b/mk/buildlink3/bsd.buildlink3.mk
index c4c791c38a4..9656a5df66c 100644
--- a/mk/buildlink3/bsd.buildlink3.mk
+++ b/mk/buildlink3/bsd.buildlink3.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: bsd.buildlink3.mk,v 1.12 2003/09/14 01:00:18 jlam Exp $
+# $NetBSD: bsd.buildlink3.mk,v 1.13 2003/09/14 01:46:47 jlam Exp $
#
# An example package buildlink3.mk file:
#
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@
# .endif # FOO_BUILDLINK3_MK
# -------------8<-------------8<-------------8<-------------8<-------------
#
+# Note that if a buildlink3.mk file is included, then the package Makefile
+# has the expectation that it can use the value of BUILDLINK_PREFIX.<pkg>.
+# If the buildlink3.mk tries to handle dependencies satisfied directly by
+# the base system, then it should provide an appropriate value for
+# BUILDLINK_PREFIX.<pkg> for that case. The case where a dependency is
+# satisfied by a pkgsrc-installed package is handled automatically by this
+# file.
+#
# The different variables that may be set in a buildlink2.mk file are
# described below.
#