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diff --git a/bootstrap/README b/bootstrap/README index 0a1b64b8a1f..68dc00983c3 100644 --- a/bootstrap/README +++ b/bootstrap/README @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$NetBSD: README,v 1.6 2005/08/19 16:12:14 reed Exp $ +$NetBSD: README,v 1.7 2005/11/08 17:25:30 reed Exp $ To try to get pkgsrc working on your system, please try the following as root: @@ -34,8 +34,19 @@ alternative implementations of some tools. If they are found, these directories will be prepended to the PATH variable, unless the '--preserve-path' flag is given. -See http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/software/packages.html for +See pkgsrc/doc/pkgsrc.txt or +http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/software/packages.html for more information about bootstrapping and using pkgsrc. We'd be very interested in hearing of any successes or failures on "unknown" (to us) systems. + +Please remember to add $prefix/bin to your PATH environment variable +and $prefix/man to your MANPATH environment variable, if necessary. +(See above for --prefix and its default value.) + +The bootstrap script will create an example mk.conf file located +in your work directory as "mk.conf.example". It conatins the +settings you provided to the bootstrap. Copy it to your +$sysconfdir directory (see above about --sysconfdir and its default +value). |