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.\"	$NetBSD: url2pkg.8,v 1.16 2022/01/01 15:29:14 rillig Exp $
.\"
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.\" by Emmanuel Dreyfus and Roland Illig.
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.Dd January 1, 2022
.Dt URL2PKG 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm url2pkg
.Nd Automatic pkgsrc package generator
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl v|--verbose
.Ar URL
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
takes the
.Ar URL
to a package's distfile that should be turned into a package.
It fetches the distfile, extracts it, and by looking at the extracted files,
fills in some variables in the package
.Pa Makefile .
.Pp
.Nm
helps creating a package;
it is not intended to fly on autopilot, though.
.Pp
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It PKGMAINTAINER, REPLYTO
Name used for the MAINTAINER field in the package
.Pa Makefile .
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
The following command will generate a template pkgsrc package
for the software that can be found at
.Lk https://www.example.org/download/buz-19.3.tar.gz :
.Bd -literal
url2pkg https://www.example.org/download/buz-19.3.tar.gz
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pkgsrc 7
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Roland Illig Aq Mt rillig@NetBSD.org
wrote the current version.
.An Hubert Feyrer Aq Mt hubertf@NetBSD.org
wrote the initial version.
.An Emmanuel Dreyfus Aq Mt manu@NetBSD.org
initially wrote this man page.