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diff --git a/doc/guide/files/faq.xml b/doc/guide/files/faq.xml index 6a410ccf9dc..367ede080ca 100644 --- a/doc/guide/files/faq.xml +++ b/doc/guide/files/faq.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $NetBSD: faq.xml,v 1.49 2013/12/24 15:29:44 tron Exp $ --> +<!-- $NetBSD: faq.xml,v 1.50 2014/02/03 16:09:34 wiz Exp $ --> <chapter id="faq"> <?dbhtml filename="faq.html"?> <title>Frequently Asked Questions</title> @@ -139,11 +139,6 @@ with each package.</para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para><filename role="pkg">pkgtools/xpkgwedge</filename>: Put X11 - packages someplace else (enabled by default).</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> <para><filename role="pkg">devel/cpuflags</filename>: Determine the best compiler flags to optimise code for your current CPU and compiler. </para> @@ -157,6 +152,12 @@ etc:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> + <para><filename role="pkg">pkgtools/pkgin</filename>: A package + update tool similar to apt(1). Download, install, and upgrade + binary packages easily.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> <para><filename role="pkg">pkgtools/pkg_chk</filename>: Reports on packages whose installed versions do not match the latest pkgsrc entries.</para> @@ -202,16 +203,10 @@ etc:</para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para><filename role="pkg">pkgtools/rpm2pkg</filename>, - <filename role="pkg">pkgtools/url2pkg</filename>: Aids in + <para><filename role="pkg">pkgtools/url2pkg</filename>: Aids in converting to pkgsrc.</para> </listitem> - <listitem> - <para><filename role="pkg">pkgtools/gensolpkg</filename>: Convert - pkgsrc to a Solaris package.</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> <para>Utilities for people maintaining pkgsrc (or: more obscure pkg @@ -332,6 +327,26 @@ http_proxy=http://orpheus.amdahl.com:80/ <!-- ================================================================== --> +<sect1 id="fetch-https"> +<title>How to fetch files from HTTPS sites</title> + +<para>Some fetch tools are not prepared to support HTTPS by default +(for example, the one in NetBSD 6.0), or the one installed by the +pkgsrc bootstrap (to avoid an openssl dependency that low in the +dependency graph).</para> + +<para>Usually you won't notice, because distribution files are +mirrored weekly to <quote>ftp.NetBSD.org</quote>, but that might not +be often enough if you are following pkgsrc-current. In that case, set +<varname>FETCH_USING</varname> in your &mk.conf; file to +<quote>curl</quote> or <quote>wget</quote>, which are both compiled +with HTTPS support by default. Of course, these tools need to be +installed before you can use them this way.</para> + +</sect1> + +<!-- ================================================================== --> + <sect1 id="passive-ftp"> <title>How do I tell <command>make fetch</command> to do passive FTP?</title> |