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jlam 7cb3b9a80b Update apache to 1.3.23 with the EAPI patch from mod_ssl-2.8.6-1.3.23.
The main new features in 1.3.23 (compared to 1.3.22) are:

     * HTTP/1.1 support for mod_proxy.
     * Other mod_proxy improvements.
     * The new 'FileETag' directive to allow one to build the
       format of the ETag via runtime directives.
     * Addition of a 'filter callback' function to enable modules to
       intercept the output byte stream for dynamic page caching.

   The following bugs were found in Apache 1.3.22 and have been fixed in
   Apache 1.3.23:

     * Fix incorrect "Content-Length" header in the 416 response.
     * Revert mod_negotation's handling of path_info and query_args
       to the 1.3.20 behavior (PRs: 8628, 8582, 8538).
     * Prevent an Apache module from being loaded or added twice due
       to duplicate LoadModule or AddModule directives.
2002-02-01 16:04:39 +00:00
archivers Use auto-extract code for .shar files. 2002-01-27 18:32:32 +00:00
audio Updated xmp-2.0.4 (provided by Rui-Xiang Guo in pkg/15283) 2002-01-29 07:41:28 +00:00
benchmarks Undo last -- version was already bumped. 2002-01-22 20:50:52 +00:00
biology Include x11.buildlink.mk 2001-12-06 04:30:09 +00:00
cad update to ngspice-14 2002-01-26 02:38:30 +00:00
chat Added p5-Net-AIM and p5-Net-AOLIM 2002-01-31 07:36:19 +00:00
comms fix bug in previous 2002-01-30 10:19:39 +00:00
converters Better late than never, update to recode-3.6. Changes since 3.5 include: 2002-01-11 13:20:22 +00:00
cross Use INSTALL_DATA for a DLL instead of INSTALL_PROGRAM. 2002-01-24 16:10:35 +00:00
databases Major upgrade of Sqlite from version 2.1.7 to version 2.2.5 2002-01-31 20:04:53 +00:00
devel Add and enable py-distutils. 2002-01-31 23:16:10 +00:00
distfiles These files belong to $MASTER_SITE_LOCAL - moved them there! 2000-12-05 00:23:05 +00:00
editors Fix distribution info after package number has been bumped. 2002-01-31 17:42:19 +00:00
emulators Add a note explaining that you may have to do 'ulimit -d unlimited' 2002-02-01 15:10:56 +00:00
finance Explicitely add dependencies that require specific versions. 2002-02-01 02:48:05 +00:00
fonts Remove patch-aa from distinfo. 2002-01-31 23:01:10 +00:00
games use buildlink files for Python and py-Tk 2002-01-28 17:38:44 +00:00
graphics Apply mods from Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@Xtrmntr.org> in PR 15269 to 2002-01-30 12:05:27 +00:00
ham Move pkg/ files into package's toplevel directory 2001-10-31 20:59:00 +00:00
japanese Update p5-Jcode package to 0.79. Changes from 0.78 is here. 2002-01-16 14:56:47 +00:00
lang Don't replace first line only when processing "#!". 2002-02-01 13:16:39 +00:00
licenses VMWare license in preparation for the package in emulators/vmware. 2001-07-07 14:24:21 +00:00
mail Deprecate POSTFIX_USE_SASL_AUTH in favor of more generic USE_SASL. 2002-01-31 21:18:37 +00:00
math comment out Python support - it doesn't work anyway 2002-01-29 12:36:46 +00:00
mbone Move pkg/ files into package's toplevel directory 2001-10-31 20:59:00 +00:00
meta-pkgs Wildcard DEPENDS on glimpse. 2001-12-03 17:56:55 +00:00
misc update cksfv to 1.3: 2002-01-31 22:17:41 +00:00
mk Deprecate POSTFIX_USE_SASL_AUTH in favor of more generic USE_SASL. 2002-01-31 21:18:37 +00:00
net Sort. 2002-01-31 23:15:30 +00:00
news Apply fix from PR 15311 from David Rankin - include bsd.prefs.mk before 2002-01-21 15:14:14 +00:00
packages Add .cvsignore to stop cvs update listing every distfile and more 1999-11-24 11:53:24 +00:00
parallel Move pkg/ files into package's toplevel directory 2001-10-31 22:52:58 +00:00
pkgtools Add XFree86 4.2.0 additions, bump version to 0.6: 2002-01-27 10:32:30 +00:00
print Update print/cups to 1.1.13: 2002-01-31 17:51:26 +00:00
security Remove the dbinit command as it's not needed by the pwcheck daemon. 2002-01-31 21:41:18 +00:00
shells Changes from basesrc/bin/csh/dol.c:1.18-1.19. 2002-01-31 15:02:22 +00:00
sysutils Upgrade fdgw to fdgw-20020127 2002-01-29 18:24:29 +00:00
templates Fix the location of DESCR for the readme files 2001-11-03 03:26:08 +00:00
textproc fix package name 2002-01-31 17:04:55 +00:00
time Use auto-extract code for .shar files. 2002-01-27 18:32:32 +00:00
wm Honor PKG_SYSCONFDIR and use the general INSTALL/DEINSTALL scripts. 2002-01-31 04:07:59 +00:00
www Update apache to 1.3.23 with the EAPI patch from mod_ssl-2.8.6-1.3.23. 2002-02-01 16:04:39 +00:00
x11 uhh - EVAL_PREFIX sucks. Do it right now and use buildlink files. 2002-01-31 15:48:10 +00:00
Makefile replace some leading spaces with leading tabs. 2001-12-17 02:33:46 +00:00
Packages.txt Add and document a new OBJHOSTNAME definition. 2002-01-11 14:41:41 +00:00
pkglocate Apply mods from PR 14495, from Ryo HAYASAKA (ryoh@jaist.ac.jp), so that 2001-11-07 22:11:13 +00:00
README Update a sentence which used to talk about mk.conf.example to explain the 2001-12-03 21:33:56 +00:00
TODO We have pthread.buildlink.mk now instead of the proposed USE_PTHREAD. 2002-01-03 12:41:22 +00:00

$NetBSD: README,v 1.13 2001/12/03 21:33:56 agc 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 dir.
directory.