From 05de6a663face862affe6df8df1ccca80a56dd44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: joerg <joerg@pkgsrc.org>
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 02:41:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about URLs starting with a dash.

---
 doc/guide/files/build.xml | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/guide/files/build.xml b/doc/guide/files/build.xml
index 82d730cbcd34..7a0d628710be 100644
--- a/doc/guide/files/build.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/files/build.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: build.xml,v 1.60 2009/04/09 00:51:31 joerg Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: build.xml,v 1.61 2009/08/02 02:41:53 joerg Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="build">
   <title>The build process</title>
@@ -297,6 +297,10 @@ http://www.somewhereelse.com/mirror/somehow/
 MASTER_SITES=   http://www.example.com/download.cgi?file=
 </programlisting>
 
+      <para> The exception to this rule are URLs starting with a dash.
+      In that case the URL is taken as is, fetched and the result stored
+      under the name of the distfile.</para>
+
       <para>There are some predefined values for
       <varname>MASTER_SITES</varname>, which can be used in
       packages.  The names of the variables should speak for