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diff --git a/bootstrap/README b/bootstrap/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..5d1b56d1e85 --- /dev/null +++ b/bootstrap/README @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +$NetBSD: README,v 1.1.1.1 2004/03/11 13:03:59 grant Exp $ + +To try to get pkgsrc working on your system, please try the following +as root: + +# ./bootstrap [ --prefix=${PREFIX} ] [ --pkgdbdir=${PKGDBDIR} ] \ + [ --pkgsrcdir=${PKGSRCDIR} ] + +The defaults for the arguments are as follows: + + --prefix /usr/pkg + --pkgdbdir /var/db/pkg + --pkgsrcdir /usr/pkgsrc + +It is perfectly acceptable to place ${PKGDBDIR} under ${PREFIX}. + +Make sure that you have a working C compiler and make(1) binary in +your path. + +See 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. |