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+.\"	$NetBSD: url2pkg.8,v 1.1 2001/01/28 23:30:24 manu Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
+.\" by Emmanuel Dreyfus.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
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+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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+.\" Foundation, Inc. and its contributors.
+.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its
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+.\"
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+.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
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+.\"
+.Dd January 28, 2001
+.Dt URL2PKG 8
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm url2pkg
+.Nd Automatic NetBSD package generator
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Ar URL
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm
+takes the 
+.Ar URL 
+to a package's distfile that should be
+turned into a package. The
+generated package includes a 
+.Pa Makefile 
+and a basic set of files to get the
+package going. Any customisations to get the package going need to be
+adjusted manually after 
+.Nm 
+has finished it's job.
+.Pp
+.Nm
+is intended to help starting to created a package, it is not
+intended to fly on autopilot, though.
+.Pp
+The
+.Pa Makefile
+contains all the requiered variable, such as DISTNAME or MASTER_SITES, but some of them cannot be automatically set. Hence, the user's usual editor is invoked to edit the
+.Pa Makefile.
+.Pp
+After the
+.Pa Makefile 
+is completed, 
+.Nm 
+fetches the archive, and computes its checksum via the
+.Ic make makesum
+target. Then archive extraction is done, via the 
+.Ic make extract
+target, and finally, 
+.Nm
+attempts to detect if
+the software uses a 
+.Ic configure 
+script, and if it's from GNU 
+.Ic autoconf.
+.Pp
+If the user does not supply the
+.Ar URL
+on the command line, then 
+.Nm
+will prompt for it.
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+.Nm
+.Ar http://www.foo.com/bar/buz.tgz
+.Pp
+Will generate a template NetBSD package for the software that can be found at
+.Ar http://www.foo.com/bar/buz.tgz
+.Sh ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It PKGEDITOR, EDITOR
+Editor used for
+.Pa Makefile
+edition.
+.It PKGMAINTAINER, REPLYTO
+Name used for the MAINTAINER field in the package
+.Pa Makefile.
+.El
+.Sh BUGS
+.Nm
+does not generate an empty 
+.Pa patches
+directory
+.Sh AUTHOR(S)
+.Nm 
+was written by
+.An Hubert Feyrer Aq hubertf@netbsd.org
+.br
+This man page was written by 
+.An Emmanuel Dreyfus Aq manu@netbsd.org
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr package 7
+.br
+.Em "Documentation on the NetBSD Package System", 
+.An Hubert Feyrer Aq hubertf@netbsd.org
+.An Alistair Crooks Aq agc@pkgsrc.org