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[pkgsrc/trunk]: pkgsrc/doc/guide/files Shortened the description of where to ...



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/pkgsrc/rev/cb7aa177c8b6
branches:  trunk
changeset: 516583:cb7aa177c8b6
user:      rillig <rillig%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
date:      Sun Jul 23 15:34:10 2006 +0000

description:
Shortened the description of where to find binary packages.

diffstat:

 doc/guide/files/using.xml |  20 ++++++--------------
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diffs (45 lines):

diff -r 40d4c08e327c -r cb7aa177c8b6 doc/guide/files/using.xml
--- a/doc/guide/files/using.xml Sun Jul 23 15:33:16 2006 +0000
+++ b/doc/guide/files/using.xml Sun Jul 23 15:34:10 2006 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: using.xml,v 1.19 2006/04/18 12:56:53 rillig Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: using.xml,v 1.20 2006/07/23 15:34:10 rillig Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="using"> <?dbhtml filename="using.html"?>
 <title>Using pkgsrc</title>
@@ -45,30 +45,22 @@
        where to get them. You can get them on CD-ROMs, DVDs, or via FTP
        or HTTP.</para>
 
-       <para>For NetBSD, the binary packages are made available on
-       <filename>ftp.NetBSD.org</filename> and its mirrors, in the
-       directory
-       <filename>/pub/NetBSD/packages/<replaceable>OSVERSION</replaceable>/<replaceable>ARCH</replaceable>/</filename>.
-       For <replaceable>OSVERSION</replaceable>, you should insert the
-       output of <command>uname -r</command>, and for
-       <replaceable>ARCH</replaceable> the output of <command>uname
-       -p</command>.</para>
-
-       <para>For some other platforms, binary packages can be found at
-       the following locations:</para>
+       <para>The binary packages can be found at the following
+       locations.</para>
 
        <informaltable id="binary-packages">
        <tgroup cols="2">
        <thead><row><entry>Platform</entry><entry>URL</entry></row></thead>
        <tbody>
+       <row><entry>NetBSD</entry><entry><filename>ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/</filename></entry></row>
        <row><entry>Solaris 9</entry><entry><filename>ftp://ftp0.mh.bbc.co.uk/pub/pkgsrc/packages/</filename></entry></row>
        <row><entry>Solaris 10</entry><entry><filename>http://public.enst.fr/pkgsrc/packages/</filename></entry></row>
        </tbody>
        </tgroup>
        </informaltable>
 
-       <para>Most of these directories contain the pkgsrc distribution
-       for multiple platforms. Select the appropriate subdirectories,
+       <para>Most of these directories contain binary packages for
+       multiple platforms. Select the appropriate subdirectories,
        according to your machine architecture and operating system,
        until you find a directory called <filename>All</filename>. This
        directory contains all the binary packages. Further, there are



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