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$NetBSD: README.Interix,v 1.5 2004/03/27 14:46:59 grant Exp $
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Please read the general README file as well.
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NOTE: Currently, Interix support in pkgsrc is unstable, so errors and
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problems are expected. Known caveats are listed at the bottom of this
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document.
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Interix is a POSIX compatible subsystem for the Windows NT kernel, providing
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a Unix-like environment with a tighter kernel integration than available
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with Cygwin. It is part of the Windows Services for Unix package, available
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for Windows 2000, XP, and 2003. SFU can be downloaded from:
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http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/
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At an absolute minimum, the following packages must be installed from the
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Windows Services for Unix 3.5 distribution in order to use bootstrap-pkgsrc:
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Utilities -> Base Utilities
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Interix GNU Components -> (all)
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Remote Connectivity
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Interix SDK
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The Remote Connectivity subcomponent, Windows Remote Shell Service, does not
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need to be installed, but Remote Connectivity itself should be installed in
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order to have a working inetd.
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Last but not least, if the installer prompts whether to change the default
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POSIX behavior to case-sensitive, answer Yes. If the filename handling
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remains as case-insensitive, then "bootstrap" will require the
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"--ignore-case-check" option.
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=====
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KNOWN CAVEATS
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* It is not necessary, in general, to have a "root" user on the Windows
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system; any member of the local Administrators group will suffice.
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However, some packages currently assume that the user named "root" is
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the privileged user (these will eventually be fixed). To accomodate
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these, you may create such a user; make sure it is in the local group
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Administrators.
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* The popular Interix binary packages from http://www.interopsystems.com/
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use OpenBSD's pkg_* tools and occupy the /var/db/pkg directory (though
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the packages install to /usr/local). If you want to have both kinds of
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packages installed in the system, supply "--pkgdbdir=DIRECTORY" to
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"bootstrap" to use an alternative package database directory.
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* On Windows under Interix, the "root" user is actually named
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"Administrator". This may require some modification to pkgsrc to
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introduce a parameterized root user for installation purposes.
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(Likewise, the bootstrap script sets the root group to "+Administrators".)
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