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* Use NetBSD's getpass() function instead of the homegrown one, as the
  homegrown one doesn't seem to hide the password when it is being entered.
* Add a rc.d style script to start cfsd, and also install the documentation
  for the filesystem.
* Rename c* commands to cfs_* to avoid conflicts with coda programs with
  a similar name.
2001-06-07 15:36:52 +00:00
archivers LICENSE=zoo-license. 2001-06-04 20:18:55 +00:00
audio Some files have same name as in the previous version, but 2001-06-05 16:54:04 +00:00
benchmarks s/non-commercial/no-commercial-use/ 2001-06-04 23:58:42 +00:00
biology Remove redundant echoing, quoting, and input redirection to sed. 2001-04-28 23:59:17 +00:00
cad updated to version 4.03e, old version no longer on server. 2001-06-05 16:49:09 +00:00
chat Change maintainer's mail address, requested on IRC 2001-06-07 02:01:11 +00:00
comms Standardize name of file to include for build-links to be "buildlink.mk". 2001-05-24 08:53:54 +00:00
converters LICENSE=no-commercial-use 2001-06-04 23:54:38 +00:00
cross work around a compiler bug (shocked i know) when building the 2001-05-27 15:17:36 +00:00
databases Update to 1.00. 2001-06-02 14:56:26 +00:00
devel Update cpuflags to 0.2 - handle arm6, arm7 & strongarm in riscpc and dnard 2001-06-07 11:56:46 +00:00
distfiles These files belong to $MASTER_SITE_LOCAL - moved them there! 2000-12-05 00:23:05 +00:00
editors Leftover of the old patches.common system. kill it 2001-06-06 06:11:26 +00:00
emulators - updated to 2.4 2001-06-03 17:34:57 +00:00
finance Update to 1.4.12. Changes: 2001-05-26 01:35:54 +00:00
fonts Use SHA1, and add sizes. 2001-05-09 21:16:47 +00:00
games Update to 1.5.0. 2001-06-04 16:14:06 +00:00
graphics Add support for ACER ScanPrisa 620ST. 2001-06-02 20:31:59 +00:00
ham Add an info dir entry to tntdoc.info and fix Makefile and PLIST accordingly. 2001-05-16 22:07:02 +00:00
japanese Initial import of ja-vfxdvik-22.15 package. 2001-06-06 05:13:48 +00:00
lang Add mirror site in Finland and Germany. 2001-06-07 12:39:24 +00:00
licenses Add the LICENSE file from wm/amiwm. 2001-06-07 00:03:18 +00:00
mail upgrade to postfix-20010228-pl03. 2001-06-07 09:23:20 +00:00
math Use -Wl,-R$libdir in the `gsl-config' script. 2001-06-01 19:41:08 +00:00
mbone Wildcard tk dependency. 2001-05-31 11:48:24 +00:00
meta-pkgs Update to new COMMENT style: COMMENT var in Makefile instead of pkg/COMMENT. 2001-02-17 17:52:59 +00:00
misc Update mtail to 1.0.0 2001-06-04 12:09:46 +00:00
mk Use "/usr/ccs/bin/make" under Solaris if "USE_IMAKE" is defined. 2001-06-07 15:34:16 +00:00
net Add and enable nslint 2001-06-07 11:54:01 +00:00
news LICENSE=no-profit 2001-06-05 00:54:08 +00:00
packages Add .cvsignore to stop cvs update listing every distfile and more 1999-11-24 11:53:24 +00:00
parallel forgot to cvs add these first. 2001-05-24 19:51:47 +00:00
pkgtools - You must set the environment variable XAPPLRESDIR, not the shell variable. 2001-06-06 02:39:09 +00:00
print Use buildlink.mk files to get dependencies and to find libraries and 2001-05-28 03:52:12 +00:00
security Add patches missing from commit that did the following modifications: 2001-06-07 15:36:52 +00:00
shells Recognize mipseb (for NetBSD/sgimips). 2001-06-07 13:28:04 +00:00
sysutils Move cpuflags to devel 2001-06-07 09:58:08 +00:00
templates Note how to report problems, or send updates or suggestions. 2001-03-19 17:44:30 +00:00
textproc Remove some dirrm's for share/locale that are now created by default. 2001-06-05 22:34:22 +00:00
time Add and enable "xalarm". This fixes PR pkg/13081. 2001-06-05 18:13:57 +00:00
wm Change maintainer's mail address, requested on IRC 2001-06-07 02:01:11 +00:00
www Update p5-CGI to 2.75.2. Changes include a fix for a syntax error in 2001-06-07 04:29:04 +00:00
x11 Use ${X11PREFIX} as the installation prefix of fltk instead of double-listing 2001-06-05 22:15:34 +00:00
Makefile echo -> ${ECHO} 2001-02-27 20:23:59 +00:00
Packages.txt make the bin-install target look at some FTP servers (stored in 2001-05-20 01:58:19 +00:00
pkglocate Update the usage message to explain what each option letter does. 2001-04-03 09:28:32 +00:00
README update a bit 2001-06-06 19:41:05 +00:00
TODO Mesa update is done 2001-06-01 08:20:27 +00:00

$NetBSD: README,v 1.12 2001/06/06 19:41:05 hubertf Exp $

Welcome to the NetBSD Packages Collection
=========================================

In brief, the NetBSD Packages Collection is a set of software
utilities and libraries which have been ported to NetBSD.

The packages collection software can retrieve the software from its
home site, assuming you are connected in some way to the Internet,
verify its integrity, apply any patches, configure the software for
NetBSD, and build it.  Any prerequisite software will also be built
and installed for you.  Installation and de-installation of software
is managed by the packaging utilities.

The packages collection is made into a tar_file every week: 

	ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/tar_files/pkgsrc.tar.gz

and you can sup the pkgsrc tree using the `pkgsrc' name for the
collection.

The pkgsrc tree is laid out in various categories, and, within that,
the various packages themselves.

You need to have root privileges to install packages.  We are looking
at ways to remove this restriction.

+ To install a package on your system, you need to change into the
directory of the package, and type "make install".

+ If you've made a mistake, and decided that you don't want that
package on your system, then type "pkg_delete <pkg-name>", or "make
deinstall" while in the directory for the package.

+ To find out all the packages that you have installed on your system,
type "pkg_info".

+ To remove the work directory, type "make clean", and "make
clean-depends" will clean up any working directories for other
packages that are built in the process of making your package.

+ Optionally, you can periodically run "make clean" from the top
level pkgsrc directory. This will delete extracted and built files,
but will not affect the retreived source sets in pkgsrc/distfiles.

+ You can set variables to customise the behaviour (where packages are
installed, various options for individual packages etc), by setting
variables in /etc/mk.conf.  The pkgsrc/mk/mk.conf.example file
provides some examples for customisation.

The best way to find out what packages are in the collection is to
move to the top-level pkgsrc directory (this will usually be
/usr/pkgsrc), and type "make readme".  This will create a file called
README.html in the top-level pkgsrc directory, and also in all
category and package directories.  You can then see what packages are
available, along with a short (one-line) comment about the function of
the package, and a pointer to a fuller description, by using a browser
like lynx (see pkgsrc/www/lynx) or Mozilla (pkgsrc/www/mozilla), or
Communicator.  This is also available online as
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/README.html.

Another way to find out what packages are in the collection is to
move to the top-level pkgsrc directory and type "make index". This
will create pkgsrc/INDEX which can be viewed via "make print-index | more".
You can also search for particular packages or keywords via
"make search key=<somekeyword>".

It is also possible to use the packaging software to install
pre-compiled binary packages by typing "pkg_add <URL-of-binary-pkg>". 
To see what binary packages are available, see:

	ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/<release>/<arch>/All/

where <release> is the NetBSD release, and <arch> is the hardware
architecture.

One limitation of using binary packages provided from ftp.netbsd.org
is that all mk.conf options were set to the defaults at compile time.
LOCALBASE, in particular, defaults to /usr/pkg, so non-X binaries
will be installed in /usr/pkg/bin, man pages will be installed in
/usr/pkg/man...

When a packaged tool has major compile time choices, such as support
for multiple graphic toolkit libraries, the different options may
be available as separate packages.

For more information on the packages collection see the file
Packages.txt file in the same place where you found this README,
usually in the top-level pkgsrc dir.
directory.