make the bin-install target look at some FTP servers (stored in

BINPKG_SITES). As discussed on tech-pkg.

Packages.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.159 2001/05/09 17:43:22 skrll Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.160 2001/05/20 01:58:19 hubertf Exp $
 ###########################################################################
 
 			==========================
@@ -273,10 +273,13 @@ LOCALBASE, and X11BASE can also be set in /etc/mk.conf to save having
 to remember to set them each time you want to use pkgsrc.
 
 If you want to deinstall and re-install a binary package that you've
-created (see next section) or that you put into pkgsrc/packages
-manually, you can use the the "bin-install" target, which will
-install a binary package - if available - via pkg_add, and do a "make
-package" else.
+created (see next section), that you put into pkgsrc/packages manually or
+that's located on a remote FTP server, you can use the the "bin-install"
+target. This target will install a binary package - if available - via
+pkg_add, and do a "make package" else. The list of remote FTP sites
+searched is kept in the variable BINPKG_SITE, which defaults to
+ftp.netbsd.org. Any flags that should be added to pkg_add(8) can be put
+into BIN_INSTALL_FLAGS. See pkgsrc/mk/mk.conf.example for more details. 
 
 A final word of warning: If you setup a system that has a non-standard
 setting for LOCALBASE (or X11BASE, for that matter), be sure to set that

mk/bsd.pkg.mk

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: bsd.pkg.mk,v 1.743 2001/05/20 00:54:09 hubertf Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: bsd.pkg.mk,v 1.744 2001/05/20 01:58:20 hubertf Exp $
 #
 # This file is in the public domain.
 #
@@ -2632,17 +2632,45 @@ checksum: fetch uptodate-digest
 .endif
 
 
+
+# List of sites carrying binary pkgs. Variables "rel" and "arch" are
+# replaced with OS release ("1.5", ...) and architecture ("mipsel", ...)
+BINPKG_SITE?= \
+	ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/$${rel}/$${arch}
+
+# List of flags to pass to pkg_add(8) for bin-install:
+BIN_INSTALL_FLAGS?= 	# -v
+
 # Install binary pkg, without strict uptodate-check first
-# (XXX should be able to snarf via FTP. Later...)
 bin-install:
+	@found="`${PKG_INFO} -e \"${PKGWILDCARD}\" || ${TRUE}`";	\
+	if [ "$$found" != "" ]; then					\
+		${ECHO_MSG} "${_PKGSRC_IN}>  $$found is already installed - perhaps an older version?"; \
+		${ECHO_MSG} "*** If so, you may wish to \`\`pkg_delete $$found'' and install"; \
+		${ECHO_MSG} "*** this package again by \`\`${MAKE} bin-install'' to upgrade it properly."; \
+		${SHCOMMENT} ${ECHO_MSG} "*** or use \`\`${MAKE} bin-update'' to upgrade it and all of its dependencies."; \
+		exit 1;							\
+	fi
 	@if [ -f ${PKGFILE} ] ; then 					\
 		${ECHO_MSG} "Installing from binary pkg ${PKGFILE}" ;	\
 		${PKG_ADD} ${PKGFILE} ; 				\
 	else 				 				\
-		${SHCOMMENT} Cycle through some FTP server here ;\
-		${ECHO_MSG} "Installing from source" ;			\
-		${MAKE} ${MAKEFLAGS} package &&				\
-		${MAKE} ${MAKEFLAGS} clean ;				\
+		rel=`uname -r | sed 's@\.\([0-9]*\)[\._].*@\.\1@'`; 	\
+		arch=`sysctl -n hw.machine_arch`; 			\
+		for site in ${BINPKG_SITE} ; do 			\
+			${ECHO} Trying `eval echo $$site`/All ; 	\
+			${SHCOMMENT} echo ${SETENV} PKG_PATH="`eval echo $$site`/All" ${PKG_ADD} ${BIN_INSTALL_FLAGS} ${PKGNAME}${PKG_SUFX} ; \
+			if ${SETENV} PKG_PATH="`eval echo $$site`/All" ${PKG_ADD} ${BIN_INSTALL_FLAGS} ${PKGNAME}${PKG_SUFX} ; then \
+				${ECHO} "${PKGNAME} successfully installed." ; 			\
+				break ; 				\
+			fi ; 						\
+		done ; 							\
+		if ! ${PKG_INFO} -qe ${PKGNAME} ; then 			\
+			${SHCOMMENT} Cycle through some FTP server here ;\
+			${ECHO_MSG} "Installing from source" ;		\
+			${MAKE} ${MAKEFLAGS} package &&			\
+			${MAKE} ${MAKEFLAGS} clean ;			\
+		fi ; \
 	fi
 
 

mk/mk.conf.example

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: mk.conf.example,v 1.210 2001/05/18 06:01:35 jlam Exp $
+# $NetBSD: mk.conf.example,v 1.211 2001/05/20 01:58:21 hubertf Exp $
 #
 
 # Sample /etc/mk.conf file, which can be used to set specific values
@@ -283,6 +283,20 @@
 # Possible: defined, not defined
 # Default: not defined
 
+#BINPKG_SITE=...
+# Whitespace seperated list of URLs for binary packages. Directories
+# "All" etc. are expected in the named place, variables "rel" and
+# "arch" are replaced with OS release ("1.5", ...) and architecture
+# ("mipsel", ...)
+# Possible: any ftp url, see above.
+# Default: ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/$${rel}/$${arch}
+
+#BIN_INSTALL_FLAGS=
+# List of flags passed to pkg_add(8) in the bin_install package.
+# Possible: -v, -u, etc. See pkg_add(8)
+# Default: (no option)
+
+
 #
 #	Definitions used only in the packages collection
 #