You have to separate between binary and normal (source) packages here: precompiled binary packages Our policy is that we accept binaries only from pkgsrc developers to guarantee that the packages don't contain any trojan horses etc. This is not to annoy anyone but rather to protect our users! You're still free to put up your home-made binary packages and tell the world where to get them. NetBSD developers doing bulk builds and wanting to upload them please see . packages First, check that your package is complete, compiles and runs well; see and the rest of this document. Next, generate an uuencoded gzipped tar(1) archive, preferably with all files in a single directory. Finally, send-pr with category pkg, a synopsis which includes the package name and version number, a short description of your package (contents of the COMMENT variable or DESCR file are OK) and attach the archive to your PR. If you want to submit several packages, please send a separate PR for each one, it's easier for us to track things that way. Alternatively, you can also import new packages into pkgsrc-wip (pkgsrc work-in-progress); see the homepage at for details. This section is only of interest for pkgsrc developers with write access to the pkgsrc repository. Please remember that cvs imports files relative to the current working directory, and that the pathname that you give the cvs import command is so that it knows where to place the files in the repository. Newly created packages should be imported with a vendor tag of TNF and a release tag of pkgsrc-base, e.g: % cd .../pkgsrc/category/pkgname % cvs import pkgsrc/category/pkgname TNF pkgsrc-base Remember to move the directory from which you imported out of the way, or cvs will complain the next time you cvs update your source tree. Also don't forget to add the new package to the category's Makefile. The commit message of the initial import should include part of the DESCR file, so people reading the mailing lists know what the package is/does. Please note all package updates/additions in pkgsrc/doc/CHANGES. It's very important to keep this file up to date and conforming to the existing format, because it will be used by scripts to automatically update pages on www.NetBSD.org and other sites. Additionally, check the pkgsrc/doc/TODO file and remove the entry for the package you updated, in case it was mentioned there. For new packages, cvs import is preferred to cvs add because the former gets everything with a single command, and provides a consistent tag. Please always put a concise, appropriate and relevant summary of the changes between old and new versions into the commit log when updating a package. There are various reasons for this: A URL is volatile, and can change over time. It may go away completely or its information may be overwritten by newer information. Having the change information between old and new versions in our CVS repository is very useful for people who use either cvs or anoncvs. Having the change information between old and new versions in our CVS repository is very useful for people who read the pkgsrc-changes mailing list, so that they can make tactical decisions about when to upgrade the package. Please also recognize that, just because a new version of a package has been released, it should not automatically be upgraded in the CVS repository. We prefer to be conservative in the packages that are included in pkgsrc - development or beta packages are not really the best thing for most places in which pkgsrc is used. Please use your judgement about what should go into pkgsrc, and bear in mind that stability is to be preferred above new and possibly untested features. Make a copy of the directory somewhere else. Remove all CVS dirs. Alternatively to the first two steps you can also do: % cvs -d user@cvs.NetBSD.org:/cvsroot export -D today pkgsrc/category/package and use that for further work. Fix CATEGORIES and any DEPENDS paths that just did ../package instead of ../../category/package. cvs import the modified package in the new place. Check if any package depends on it: % cd /usr/pkgsrc % grep /package */*/Makefile* */*/buildlink* Fix paths in packages from step 5 to point to new location. cvs rm (-f) the package at the old location. Remove from oldcategory/Makefile. Add to newcategory/Makefile. Commit the changed and removed files: % cvs commit oldcategory/package oldcategory/Makefile newcategory/Makefile (and any packages from step 5, of course).