pkgsrc/pkgtools/pkg_comp/DESCR
jmmv 1955870fa2 Update to 1.15:
- Automatic builds can now be interrupted at any time with CTRL+C and then
  resumed! (with 'auto resume' from the command line).
- MAKE_PACKAGES has been deprecated in favour of two new variables:
  BUILD_PACKAGES, which tells which packages to build after a 'makeroot'
  and AUTO_PACKAGES, used during the 'auto' target.
- MOUNT_SCRIPT and UMOUNT_SCRIPT have been deprecated in favour of MOUNT_HOOKS
  and UMOUNT_HOOKS, which take a list of shell functions or external commands
  to be executed.
- /pkg_comp is now symlinked to /p inside the chroot, to make paths simpler
  when working inside it (i.e., with the 'chroot' target).
- security/audit-packages is not installed any more inside the chroot by
  default.  This is not needed to get pkgsrc security checks working.
  The user can add it to BUILD_PACKAGES for a regular build.
- pkgtools/xpkgwedge is not installed any more during a 'makeroot'.  pkgsrc
  handles this automatically when needed, so we let it install the package
  for us.
- Ensure that libkver's library is preloaded when doing builds inside the
  chroot, so that packages get the right version number in them.
- When creating a template file, sort all variables alphabetically.
- Several miscellaneous changes in the code: simplification of syntax,
  addition of comments to functions, cleanup of messages...
2004-01-23 09:48:53 +00:00

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pkg_comp is a small utility designed to build packages inside a
clean chroot tree.
Some ideas about what to use it for (taken from manpage):
* Build packages for other system versions. For example, build
packages for NetBSD 1.5 while you are running NetBSD current.
* Build packages using different options than your current system
like changing the threading library, COPTS, placement of
configuration files, etc.
* Debug the build process of a package, checking if buildlinks
work properly.
* Avoid autoconf's side effects by keeping a separate chroot for
each project, like one for GNOME2 and another one for KDE3.
* Schedule builds of package sets for several different machines.