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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Packages.txt b/Packages.txt index 2b36aa9b96a..509f6cf9a55 100644 --- a/Packages.txt +++ b/Packages.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.10 1998/01/19 08:07:16 hubertf Exp $ +# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.11 1998/01/28 15:37:19 hubertf Exp $ ########################################################################### ========================== @@ -479,12 +479,16 @@ of when dealing with the PLIST file (or files, see below!). platforms NetBSD runs on, e.g. alpha. For this, change the ldconfig call to "ldconfig ... || true". - * <$ARCH>: + * ${MACHINE_ARCH}: Some packages like emacs and perl embed information about which architecture they were built on into the pathnames where they install their file. To handle this case, PLIST will be preprocessed before - actually used, and the symbol "<$ARCH>" will be replaced by what "uname - -m" gives. + actually used, and the symbol "${MACHINE_ARCH}" will be replaced by + what "sysctl -n hw.machine_arch" gives. + + Legacy note: There used to be a symbol "<$ARCH>" that was replaced by + the output of "uname -m", but that's no longer supported and will be + removed soon. * Manpage-compression: Manpages should be installed in compressed form if MANZ is set (in |