On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Warner Losh wrote:

> In message <Pine.LNX.4.10.10110031114260.3285-100000@sorrow.ashke.com> Adam K Kirchhoff writes:
> : NetBSD has it's own ports collection, right?  I've poked around on the
> : NetBSD website and ftp server, but I can't seem to find any reference to
> : it.  
> 
> /usr/pkgsrc is what you want to look for.
> 
> Warner
> 

- 'ports' as in source, or 'ports' as in easily installable packages?

- for installable, pre-built packages for the z50, go to:

ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/1.5/mipsel

- pub/NetBSD/packages/1.5/hpcmips is a symbolic link to the above;
packages have not been built for 1.5.1 or 1.5.2 hpcmips [yet]... 

- packages can then be installed like this (if you know where the package 
goes; most will be '/usr/local' or '/usr/X11R6'):

# pkg_add -v -p /usr/X11R6 tvtwm-11.tgz

- there are better ways to install, especially if you have the z50
connected to the 'Net (see the pkg_add command manual page... oops, did i
just say 'RTFM'?), but this is my quick approach (i've downloaded all the
'extra' packages and keep 'em handy in a directory on my G4 Cube
running PPC Linux)...

- note that the links under the HTTP 'All' directory is somewhat broken;
to get all the packages, navigate to each separate directory, such as
'comms'

- you might want to download and burn the 3-CD NetBSD set and mount
locally in an FTP directory... you can then use pkg_add to automatically
download and install any files required to satisfy dependencies...

- if i'm interested in a particular package, i prefer to go to the
developer's home page and download the latest fresh source; *most* X11
clients build clean cleanly...

- i'm still having a devil of a time getting the startalk source to work
(it builds, but fails to work under NetBSD, while working flawlessly under
Linux - the client is used to download, then edit and upload name and
phone numbers between a 'NIX box and a Motorola StarTAC)... i'm going to
have to bone up on serial-port programming <sigh>...

hth,

billy ball