From fc2dbb6f7224bbb63fdbabbc419f2b85f3f79b8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:01:30 +0000
Subject: Almost all binary bootstrap kits are obsolete. The remaining ones are
 provided near the binary packages, to make finding them easier.

---
 doc/guide/files/ftp-layout.xml |  18 ++--
 doc/guide/files/platforms.xml  | 224 +----------------------------------------
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 227 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc/guide/files')

diff --git a/doc/guide/files/ftp-layout.xml b/doc/guide/files/ftp-layout.xml
index b730a105969..6e4c3aa8620 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/ftp-layout.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/files/ftp-layout.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: ftp-layout.xml,v 1.9 2007/10/11 21:03:39 rillig Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: ftp-layout.xml,v 1.10 2007/10/18 23:01:30 rillig Exp $ -->
 
 <appendix id="ftp-layout">
 <title>Directory layout of the pkgsrc FTP server</title>
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@
 <sect1 id="ftp-bootstrap">
 <title><filename>bootstrap-pkgsrc</filename>: Bootstrap kits</title>
 
-	<para>For those who only want to manage binary packages on
-	systems other than NetBSD, we provide the package management
-	tools in a separate, small tar file. Please note that most of
-	these files are horribly outdated.</para>
+	<para>This directory used to contain binary packages of the
+	package management tools for various platforms. For those
+	package collections that need them, they are now stored near the
+	binary packages, so you should look <link
+	linkend="ftp-packages">in the <filename>packages</filename>
+	directory</link>.</para>
 
 </sect1>
 <sect1 id="ftp-distfiles">
@@ -59,8 +61,10 @@
 	<itemizedlist>
 
 	<listitem><para><varname>OPSYS</varname> is the name of the
-	operating system for which the packages have been
-	built.</para></listitem>
+	operating system for which the packages have been built. The
+	name is taken from the output of the <command>uname</command>
+	command, so it may differ from the one you are used to
+	hear.</para></listitem>
 	
 	<listitem><para><varname>ARCH</varname> is the hardware
 	architecture of the platform for which the packages have been
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml b/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml
index 7755e6bc61c..515cb55e6d8 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml
@@ -1,223 +1,13 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: platforms.xml,v 1.58 2007/10/17 14:08:02 kano Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: platforms.xml,v 1.59 2007/10/18 23:01:30 rillig Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="platforms">
   <title>Using pkgsrc on systems other than &os;</title>
 
 <sect1 id="binarydist">
 <title>Binary distribution</title>
-<para>
-We provide a bootstrap kit in both source and binary form for other
-platforms than &os;, consisting of the pkg administration tools and other
-tools required to use pkgsrc and build packages.
-</para>
-
-<note><para>
-Older binary snapshots are available in the
-<ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/archive/">bootstrap-pkgsrc/archive</ulink>
-directory on ftp.NetBSD.org.</para>
-</note>
-
-<table id="binary-kits">
-  <title>Binary kits and available packages</title>
-  <tgroup cols="4">
-    <thead>
-      <row>
-	<entry>Platform</entry>
-	<entry>Latest snapshot</entry>
-	<entry>Binary kit</entry>
-	<entry>Binary packages</entry>
-      </row>
-    </thead>
-    <tbody>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">Darwin 5.5/powerpc (Mac OS X 10.1.5)</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20021209</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-Darwin-5.5-powerpc-20021209.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">Darwin 6.6/powerpc (Mac OS X 10.2.6)</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20030623</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-Darwin-6.6-powerpc-20030623.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">Darwin 7.6/powerpc (Mac OS X 10.3.6)</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20041219</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-Darwin-7.6.0-powerpc-20041219.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/Darwin-7.6/">binary packages</ulink></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">Darwin 7.8/powerpc (Mac OS X 10.3.8)</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20050320</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-Darwin-7.8.0-powerpc-20050320.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-     <row>
-        <entry role="osname">Darwin 8.1/powerpc (Mac OS X 10.4.1)</entry>
-        <entry role="date">20050625</entry>
-        <entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-Darwin-8.1.0-powerpc-20050625.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/Darwin-8.1/powerpc/current/">binary packages</ulink></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">Debian GNU Linux/i386</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20031023</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-Linux-2.4.22-debian-i386-20031023.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">Fedora Core 2 Linux/i386</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20050618</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-Linux-2.6.10-i386-fc2-20050618.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">Fedora Core 4 Linux/i386</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20060105</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-Linux-2.6.11-i386-fc4-20060105.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">FreeBSD 3.5/i386</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20030411</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-FreeBSD-3.5-STABLE-i386-20030411.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">FreeBSD 4.7/i386</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20021211</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-FreeBSD-4.7-RELEASE-i386-20021211.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">FreeBSD 5.0/i386</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20030411</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-FreeBSD-5.0-RELEASE-i386-20030411.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">FreeBSD 5.1/i386</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20030630</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-FreeBSD-5.1-RELEASE-i386-20030630.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">FreeBSD 5.2.1/i386</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20040227</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-FreeBSD-5.2.1-RELEASE-i386-20040227.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">FreeBSD 5.3/i386</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20050119</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-FreeBSD-5.3-RELEASE-i386-20050119.tar">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">HP-UX 11.11/hppa</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20070421</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-HPUX-B.11.11-hppa-20070421.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">Interix 3.5</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20061106</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-Interix-3.5-i386-20061106.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">IRIX 6.5 n32-bit ABI</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20040911</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-IRIX-6.5-mips-20040911.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/IRIX-6.5/n32/">binary packages</ulink></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">IRIX 6.5 64-bit ABI</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20040912</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-IRIX64-6.5-mips-20040912.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/IRIX-6.5/64/">binary packages</ulink></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">OpenBSD 3.2/i386</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20030420</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-OpenBSD-3.2-i386-20030420.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">OpenBSD 3.3/i386</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20030503</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-OpenBSD-3.3-i386-20030503.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">OpenBSD 3.5/i386</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20040703</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-OpenBSD-3.5-i386-20040703.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">OSF1 5.1/alpha</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20070420</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-OSF1-V5.1-alpha-20070420.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">Slackware Linux 8.1/i386</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20030417</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-Linux-2.4.18-slackware-20030417.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">Slackware Linux 9/i386</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20040703</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-Linux-2.4.22-i386-slackware9-20040703.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">Solaris 8/sparc</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20050220</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-SunOS-5.8-sparc-20050220.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">Solaris 8/i386</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20050220</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-SunOS-5.8-i386-20050220.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">Solaris 9/sparc</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20060713</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-SunOS-5.9-sparc-pkgsrc-2006Q2.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-      <row>
-	<entry role="osname">Solaris 9/i386</entry>
-	<entry role="date">20030411</entry>
-	<entry role="kit-url"><ulink url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-SunOS-5.9-i386-20030411.tar.gz">binary kit</ulink></entry>
-	<entry role="binary-pkgs-url"></entry>
-      </row>
-    </tbody>
-  </tgroup>
-</table>
-
-<para>
-Simply download the binary kit for your platform, and extract it into
-<filename>/</filename> e.g.
-</para>
-
-<screen>&rprompt; <userinput>cd /</userinput>
-&rprompt; <userinput>gzip -c -d /tmp/bootstrap-pkgsrc-SunOS-5.9-sparc-20031023.tar.gz \
-  | tar -xpf -</userinput></screen>
-
-<para>
-Of course, as with any binary distributions, you should verify the
-checksum against the <ulink
-url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/SUM">SUM</ulink>
-or <ulink
-url="ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/CKSUM">CKSUM</ulink>
-file and inspect the contents before extracting it.
-</para>
+
+<para>See <xref linkend="using-pkg"/>.</para>
+
 </sect1>
 
   <sect1 id="bootstrapping-pkgsrc">
@@ -241,12 +31,6 @@ file and inspect the contents before extracting it.
     However, these can also be set using command-line
     arguments.</para>
 
-    <para>Binary packages for the pkgsrc tools and an initial set of packages is
-    available for supported platforms. An up-to-date list of these can be
-    found on <ulink url="http://www.pkgsrc.org/">www.pkgsrc.org</ulink>.
-    Note that this only works for privileged builds that install
-    into <filename>/usr/pkg</filename>.</para>
-
     <note>
       <para>The bootstrap installs a <command>bmake</command> tool.
       Use this <command>bmake</command> when building via pkgsrc.
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