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wiz 748f5cd63e Update to 6.2.9.
Changes since rxvt 2.4.8:
fixed paths for WINGs includes to work with latest Window Maker code.
many bugs fixed in patch from suse src.rpm.
utmp/wtmp, glibc, pty support etc...
fixed bugs fg/bg cursor color code
added wmaker app menu
fixed xpm-background compile errors
fixed misc config errors
changed --enable-xpm-background --enable-transparency
--enable-next scroll to defaults.
added transparent scroller trough
fixed 1 pixel border in main window
fixed updating for root bg change
added many advanced options to app menu for shading, font
color, shade color, font size, cloning, etc.
more speed fixes
fixed bug with restart killing terms.
changed NEXT_SCROLLBAR code to produce real NEXTSTEP scrollers
2001-10-05 13:33:28 +00:00
archivers Remove duplicate p5-Compress-Zlib package, standardise on the one in 2001-10-01 10:38:02 +00:00
audio Add devel/libproplist/buildlink.mk, since it's not coming automatically 2001-10-05 13:23:28 +00:00
benchmarks bump version to 1.0nb1 - the bw_pipe pipe descriptor fix 2001-09-22 20:48:28 +00:00
biology Deprecate NO_WRKSUBDIR, replacing it with an explicit assignment of: 2001-09-09 20:36:07 +00:00
cad Mechanical changes to 375 files to change dependency patterns of the form 2001-09-27 23:17:41 +00:00
chat fix a "resize smaller" core dump; from ircii-current. 2001-10-02 14:13:38 +00:00
comms Use Digest::MD5.pm instead of MD5.pm in the SyncPlan conduit. The MD5.pm 2001-10-02 06:43:39 +00:00
converters Move xpdf from graphics to print, per pkg/14154. 2001-10-04 12:00:45 +00:00
cross Remove the advertising clause from my license notice FOR THIS PROGRAM ONLY. 2001-10-01 23:39:25 +00:00
databases Update databases/p5-gdbm to 1.05, the latest version from the perl-5.6.1 2001-10-03 10:13:35 +00:00
devel Track PLIST changes in buildlink.mk. Closes PR 14156 by Eric Gillespie Jr. 2001-10-05 07:39:03 +00:00
distfiles These files belong to $MASTER_SITE_LOCAL - moved them there! 2000-12-05 00:23:05 +00:00
editors *sigh* cvs ate my patches. 2001-10-04 13:25:49 +00:00
emulators Strongly-buildlink emulators/vice and mark as USE_BUILDLINK_ONLY. Make 2001-10-02 20:04:34 +00:00
finance Get guile-slib dependency from g-wrap. 2001-10-03 09:02:44 +00:00
fonts Mechanical changes to 375 files to change dependency patterns of the form 2001-09-27 23:17:41 +00:00
games Add and enable dipmap. 2001-10-02 13:17:35 +00:00
graphics Move xpdf from graphics to print, per pkg/14154. 2001-10-04 12:00:45 +00:00
ham Updated to tfkiss-1.2.4: 2001-09-09 08:16:22 +00:00
japanese Substitute the real config script for the config wrapper script in 2001-10-03 20:56:40 +00:00
lang Modify to use DIST_SUBDIR (distribution name never changes). 2001-10-05 01:22:07 +00:00
licenses VMWare license in preparation for the package in emulators/vmware. 2001-07-07 14:24:21 +00:00
mail Update Mew to 2.0.57 2001-10-04 04:00:19 +00:00
math Make this compile with bonobo-1.0.9 and libglade-0.17 and while at it, 2001-10-04 19:28:42 +00:00
mbone Deprecate NO_WRKSUBDIR, replacing it with an explicit assignment of: 2001-09-09 20:36:07 +00:00
meta-pkgs jadetex was renamed to tex-jadetex 2001-10-04 18:50:29 +00:00
misc Avoid Makefile breakage on non supported ARCH 2001-10-01 15:52:05 +00:00
mk Add ${PKGLOCALEDIR}/locale/bg*, e.g. for windowmaker 2001-10-05 12:11:23 +00:00
net Update to 0.35, per pkg/14159 by Kevin Lo. 2001-10-05 09:25:47 +00:00
news Mechanical changes to 375 files to change dependency patterns of the form 2001-09-27 23:17:41 +00:00
packages Add .cvsignore to stop cvs update listing every distfile and more 1999-11-24 11:53:24 +00:00
parallel Mechanical changes to 375 files to change dependency patterns of the form 2001-09-27 23:17:41 +00:00
pkgtools Update pkgchk to 1.17 2001-10-01 12:24:00 +00:00
print Remove. 2001-10-04 18:49:36 +00:00
security Apply patch from 14155 by Sen Nagata. 2001-10-04 12:21:32 +00:00
shells Upgrade to version 0.5.3 2001-10-02 11:07:15 +00:00
sysutils Update gnome-vfs to 1.0.2 and while at it, buildlinkify. Changes include: 2001-10-05 06:56:45 +00:00
templates Note how to report problems, or send updates or suggestions. 2001-03-19 17:44:30 +00:00
textproc Resolve CVS conflict in this file. 2001-10-05 10:02:53 +00:00
time Mechanical changes to 375 files to change dependency patterns of the form 2001-09-27 23:17:41 +00:00
wm Add devel/libproplist/buildlink.mk, since it's not coming automatically 2001-10-05 13:23:28 +00:00
www Do not assume we are in ${PREFIX} when installing. Use %D/%F not %F in shell cmd 2001-10-05 12:25:57 +00:00
x11 Update to 6.2.9. 2001-10-05 13:33:28 +00:00
Makefile Use better expressions for grep, to avoid tagging non-IPv6 enabled packages 2001-07-17 13:11:51 +00:00
Packages.txt Clarify and shorten the '-[0-9]* should be used instead of -*' section 2001-10-02 11:15:29 +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 Remove a completed upgrade. 2001-09-18 22:01:05 +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.