From 7bb69b70d4ffc23eabe3e2e1fb04519b9c2d5b69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bsiegert <bsiegert@pkgsrc.org>
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 10:15:17 +0000
Subject: Add some information about pkgsrc on MirOS.

I am going to try rebuilding the guide files and commit them separately.
---
 doc/guide/files/introduction.xml |  4 ++--
 doc/guide/files/platforms.xml    | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc/guide')

diff --git a/doc/guide/files/introduction.xml b/doc/guide/files/introduction.xml
index 5aa99b88616..1049f5d53cd 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/introduction.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/files/introduction.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: introduction.xml,v 1.28 2013/03/31 09:08:06 obache Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: introduction.xml,v 1.29 2013/08/18 10:15:17 bsiegert Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="introduction">
   <title>What is pkgsrc?</title>
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ minutes!</para>
       </row>
       <row>
         <entry><ulink url="http://www.mirbsd.org/">MirBSD</ulink></entry>
-        <entry align="center">Aug 2011</entry>
+        <entry align="center">Jan 2011</entry>
       </row>
       <row>
         <entry><ulink url="http://www.minix3.org/">Minix3</ulink></entry>
diff --git a/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml b/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml
index bcc6e6545d9..aebf1a66f73 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/files/platforms.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: platforms.xml,v 1.81 2013/03/08 12:08:08 obache Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: platforms.xml,v 1.82 2013/08/18 10:15:17 bsiegert Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="platforms">
   <title>Using pkgsrc on systems other than &os;</title>
@@ -460,6 +460,34 @@ ICCBASE=                /opt/intel/cc/10.1.008
 
     </sect2>
 
+    <sect2 id="mirbsd">
+      <title>MirBSD</title>
+
+      <para>pkgsrc has been tested on MirBSD #10-current (2011 and newer).
+      Older versions might also work. Releases before #10 are not
+      supported.</para>
+
+      <para>The package tools of the (older) native ports tree,
+      <ulink url="//www.mirbsd.org/ports.htm">MirPorts</ulink>,
+      have the same names as the ones used by pkgsrc. Care should be taken
+      that the right tools are used. When installing packages from source,
+      use the <filename>bmake</filename> command for pkgsrc and
+      <filename>mmake</filename> for MirPorts.</para>
+
+      <para>pkgsrc and MirPorts use the same location for the package
+      database, <filename>/var/db/pkg</filename>. It is strongly recommended
+      to use <filename>/usr/pkg/db</filename> instead, so that the pkgsrc
+      tree is self-contained. This is also the default setting used in the
+      binary package builds.</para>
+
+      <para>Binary packages for MirBSD/i386 can be found on the pkgsrc ftp
+      server. The bootstrap kit there already contains the
+      <command>pkgin</command> package manager. See the
+      <ulink url="https://www.mirbsd.org/pkgsrc.htm">pkgsrc on MirOS</ulink>
+      page for more details.</para>
+
+    </sect2>
+
     <sect2 id="openbsd">
       <title>OpenBSD</title>
 
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