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[src/trunk]: src/distrib/notes/common Clarify that /usr/pkgsrc is not the One...
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/ee26129ce273
branches: trunk
changeset: 484884:ee26129ce273
user: jhawk <jhawk%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Fri Apr 14 10:17:44 2000 +0000
description:
Clarify that /usr/pkgsrc is not the One True Location, but merely
an accepted-by-convention default, per agc.
diffstat:
distrib/notes/common/postinstall | 12 +++++++-----
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diffs (29 lines):
diff -r 77e51c446d91 -r ee26129ce273 distrib/notes/common/postinstall
--- a/distrib/notes/common/postinstall Fri Apr 14 10:11:06 2000 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/common/postinstall Fri Apr 14 10:17:44 2000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: postinstall,v 1.6 2000/04/13 18:24:13 jhawk Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: postinstall,v 1.7 2000/04/14 10:17:44 jhawk Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -191,13 +191,15 @@
Package sources for compiling packages can be obtained by
retrieving the file
.Lk ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/tar_files/pkgsrc.tar.gz
-They should then be extracted into
+They are typically extracted into
.Pa /usr/pkgsrc
-with the command:
+(though other locations work fine), as with the command:
.D1 Ic "cat pkgsrc.tar.gz | gunzip | (mkdir /usr/pkgsrc;
.D1 Ic "cd /usr/pkgsrc; tar xpf - )
-After extracting, then see
-.Pa /usr/pkgsrc/README
+After extracting, then see the
+.Pa README
+file in the extraction directory (e.g.
+.Pa /usr/pkgsrc/README )
for more information.
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