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[pkgsrc/trunk]: pkgsrc Make top dir README a little more helpful.



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/pkgsrc/rev/bb2089604131
branches:  trunk
changeset: 359195:bb2089604131
user:      maya <maya%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
date:      Thu Mar 02 09:51:35 2017 +0000

description:
Make top dir README a little more helpful.

This file is very prominent on github, so use this opportunity to give a
quick intro to pkgsrc.

mention main repo location so it's obvious even when using a fork & bug
report address.

diffstat:

 README |  23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diffs (29 lines):

diff -r 9440f2afa455 -r bb2089604131 README
--- a/README    Thu Mar 02 09:21:35 2017 +0000
+++ b/README    Thu Mar 02 09:51:35 2017 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
-$NetBSD: README,v 1.18 2005/05/07 22:18:28 wiz Exp $
+$NetBSD: README,v 1.19 2017/03/02 09:51:35 maya Exp $
+
+pkgsrc is a framework for building software on UNIX-like systems.
+
+To use, bootstrap using:
+% cd pkgsrc/bootstrap/
+% ./bootstrap
+
+build packages, use:
+% cd pkgsrc/category/package-name
+% $PREFIX/bin/bmake install
+
+Where $PREFIX is where you've chosen to install packages (typically /usr/pkg)
+
+Bugs and patches can be filed in the follow link (use category 'pkg'):
+https://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/sendpr.cgi?gndb=netbsd
+
+To fetch the main CVS repository:
+% cvs -d anoncvs%anoncvs.NetBSD.org@localhost:/cvsroot checkout -P pkgsrc
+
+It's also possible to contribute through pkgsrc wip (work in progress), for
+more information, see http://pkgsrc.org/wip/users/
 
 Please see doc/pkgsrc.txt for information.



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