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jmmv 3c27b2e802 Initial import of linuxsms, version 0.64:
Linuxsms is a Perl script to send short messages (SMS) to GSM phones.

Provided in pkgsrc-wip by Juan RP as version 0.63.
2003-06-01 15:59:17 +00:00
archivers turn off optimization to avoid an internal compiler error on powerpc. 2003-06-01 01:57:16 +00:00
audio Add and enable xmms-liveice. 2003-06-01 12:28:11 +00:00
benchmarks Drop trailing whitespace. Ok'ed by wiz. 2003-05-06 17:40:18 +00:00
biology Update to version 5.1. 2003-05-10 23:46:15 +00:00
cad Move WRKSRC to where it belongs. 2003-05-31 14:26:58 +00:00
chat Updated to micq-0.4.10.3 2003-06-01 08:37:07 +00:00
comms Initial import of linuxsms, version 0.64: 2003-06-01 15:59:17 +00:00
converters Update p5-MIME-Base64 to 2.20 2003-05-30 09:39:10 +00:00
cross Add and enable icdprog 2003-05-28 16:12:22 +00:00
databases Use bsd.pkg.install.mk infrastructure to create the `gnats' user and 2003-05-30 22:14:28 +00:00
devel Updated to p5-Test-Harness-2.28 2003-06-01 08:42:52 +00:00
distfiles These files belong to $MASTER_SITE_LOCAL - moved them there! 2000-12-05 00:23:05 +00:00
doc Update gaim to 0.64. Changes: 2003-06-01 14:30:10 +00:00
editors Depend on (at least) version 1.2 of gnome{,1,2}-dirs to automatically handle 2003-05-30 16:19:50 +00:00
emulators Update to 2.10.4. 2003-05-31 16:10:52 +00:00
finance Depend on (at least) version 1.2 of gnome{,1,2}-dirs to automatically handle 2003-05-30 16:19:50 +00:00
fonts Updated to version 1.27. 2003-06-01 12:49:12 +00:00
games Use pkgsrc libtool and work around the need for linking a static library 2003-05-31 20:11:20 +00:00
graphics Updated to version 1.37. 2003-06-01 12:14:10 +00:00
ham Drop trailing whitespace. Ok'ed by wiz. 2003-05-06 17:40:18 +00:00
inputmethod Make sure these are removed. Noted by Toru Takamizu. 2003-06-01 11:40:57 +00:00
lang For the records add GAWK_ENABLE_PORTALS to the build definitions. 2003-05-30 17:52:12 +00:00
licenses Whitespace cleanup. 2003-05-19 06:05:07 +00:00
mail Add & enable gnus. 2003-05-31 13:57:32 +00:00
math Depend on (at least) version 1.2 of gnome{,1,2}-dirs to automatically handle 2003-05-30 16:19:50 +00:00
mbone Add & enable rtptools. 2003-05-07 20:53:25 +00:00
meta-pkgs Drop trailing whitespace. Ok'ed by wiz. 2003-05-06 17:40:18 +00:00
misc Depend on (at least) version 1.2 of gnome{,1,2}-dirs to automatically handle 2003-05-30 16:19:50 +00:00
mk include gcc.buildlink2.mk if USE_GCC_SHLIB is defined. this replaces 2003-05-29 23:08:01 +00:00
net Add and enable GeoIP. 2003-06-01 10:25:23 +00:00
news Update "inn" package to version 2.3.5. Changes since version 2.3.4: 2003-05-13 11:56:44 +00:00
packages Add .cvsignore to stop cvs update listing every distfile and more 1999-11-24 11:53:24 +00:00
parallel Drop trailing whitespace. Ok'ed by wiz. 2003-05-06 17:40:18 +00:00
pkgtools Whitespace police 2003-05-31 17:51:01 +00:00
print s/USE_CXX/USE_GCC_SHLIB/ - there are more shared libraries than just 2003-05-29 23:14:07 +00:00
security Depend on (at least) version 1.2 of gnome{,1,2}-dirs to automatically handle 2003-05-30 16:19:50 +00:00
shells Add static version of ast-ksh. 2003-05-31 16:14:47 +00:00
sysutils Add NetBSD RCS tags 2003-05-31 17:52:13 +00:00
templates Fix the location of DESCR for the readme files 2001-11-03 03:26:08 +00:00
textproc s/USE_CXX/USE_GCC_SHLIB/ - there are more shared libraries than just 2003-05-29 23:14:07 +00:00
time Update to 1.47, from Hiramatsu Yoshifumi in PR 21639. 2003-05-22 07:35:42 +00:00
wm Add and enable metacity-setup. 2003-06-01 11:39:25 +00:00
www don't call install -d with multiple args. 2003-05-31 18:37:57 +00:00
x11 Updated xpmroot to 2.4.16 (to match the current fvwm2 version). There are 2003-06-01 06:53:28 +00:00
Makefile Drop trailing whitespace. Ok'ed by wiz. 2003-05-06 17:40:18 +00:00
Packages.txt Update section on how to override libtool in packages with our own version. 2003-05-31 19:35:16 +00:00
pkglocate Use "printf" instead of "echo -n" because it's more portable. 2003-05-31 14:20:46 +00:00
README Drop trailing whitespace. Ok'ed by wiz. 2003-05-06 17:40:18 +00:00

$NetBSD: README,v 1.15 2003/05/06 17:40:18 jmmv 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/bsd.pkg.defaults.mk gives
the defaults which are used in pkgsrc.  This file can be used as a
guide to set values in /etc/mk.conf - it is only necessary to set
values where they differ from the defaults.

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 directory.