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-rw-r--r--Packages.txt23
-rw-r--r--mk/bsd.pkg.mk6
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Packages.txt b/Packages.txt
index 0ad4f0ce711..b4cf2e76878 100644
--- a/Packages.txt
+++ b/Packages.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.260 2002/08/12 14:23:47 agc Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.261 2002/08/26 05:17:39 jlam Exp $
###########################################################################
==========================
@@ -1158,15 +1158,18 @@ other make variables:
* PKG_SYSCONFSUBDIR is the subdirectory of PKG_SYSCONFBASE under which the
configuration files for a particular package may be found, e.g. the
Apache configuration files may all be found under the "httpd" subdirectory
- of ${PKG_SYSCONFBASE}.
-
-* PKG_SYSCONFDIR.${PKGBASE} overrides the value of ${PKG_SYSCONFDIR} for a
- particular package. This is not meant to be set by a package Makefile, but
- is reserved for users who wish to override the PKG_SYSCONFDIR setting for
- a particular package with a special location.
-
-Users will typically want to set PKG_SYSCONFBASE to /etc, or to accept the
-default location of ${PREFIX}/etc.
+ of ${PKG_SYSCONFBASE}. This is meant to be set in a package Makefile.
+
+* By default PKG_SYSCONFDIR=${PKG_SYSCONFBASE}/${PKG_SYSCONFSUBDIR}, but
+ the default may be overridden by setting PKG_SYSCONFDIR.${PKG_SYSCONFVAR}
+ for a particular package, where PKG_SYSCONFVAR defaults to ${PKGBASE}.
+ This is not meant to be set by a package Makefile, but is reserved for
+ users who wish to override the PKG_SYSCONFDIR setting for a particular
+ package with a special location.
+
+The only variables that users should customize are PKG_SYSCONFBASE and
+PKG_SYSCONFDIR.${PKG_SYSCONFVAR}. Users will typically want to set
+PKG_SYSCONFBASE to /etc, or to accept the default location of ${PREFIX}/etc.
6.6 Feedback to the author
diff --git a/mk/bsd.pkg.mk b/mk/bsd.pkg.mk
index 6ac360cfd5d..4c59eac9652 100644
--- a/mk/bsd.pkg.mk
+++ b/mk/bsd.pkg.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: bsd.pkg.mk,v 1.1034 2002/08/25 18:52:05 jlam Exp $
+# $NetBSD: bsd.pkg.mk,v 1.1035 2002/08/26 05:17:40 jlam Exp $
#
# This file is in the public domain.
#
@@ -1056,9 +1056,9 @@ PKG_SYSCONFDIR= ${PKG_SYSCONFDIR.${PKG_SYSCONFVAR}}
PKG_SYSCONFSUBDIR?= # empty
PKG_SYSCONFBASE?= ${PREFIX}/etc
. if empty(PKG_SYSCONFSUBDIR)
-PKG_SYSCONFDIR?= ${PKG_SYSCONFBASE}
+PKG_SYSCONFDIR= ${PKG_SYSCONFBASE}
. else
-PKG_SYSCONFDIR?= ${PKG_SYSCONFBASE}/${PKG_SYSCONFSUBDIR}
+PKG_SYSCONFDIR= ${PKG_SYSCONFBASE}/${PKG_SYSCONFSUBDIR}
. endif
.endif