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rh b49cd95d78 Update gcombust to 0.1.19
Changes are:
BUGFIXES:
        * a few more strings gettextizied, updated German .po file
        * should compile on IRIX, too, since 0.1.18
        * mkhybrid can't do < 800 kb HFS volumes, added a check
          (Allan Hsu <animate2@underworld.net>)
        * small cdlabelgen changes, ok defaults and type fixes
          (Daniel Serodio <dserodio@email.com>)
        * made the image source interface more obvious (suggested by
          Paul Barton-Davis <pbd@op.net>)
NEWS:
        * Swedish .po file (Tommy Strand <gts@abc.se>)
        * Japanese .po file (Daisuke Yabuki <dxy@optix.org>)
        * netatalk option for mkhybrid (just mail me if you need more
          mkhybrid options, I don't know which ones are useful)
        * added a cleat button for the output textboxes
        * cleaned up save settings, added device, speed & swab
        * support for the new options in cdlabelgen 1.5 (wordwrap and
          supression on plaque)
        * "disable dirnames" option by Koaunghi Un
          <koaunghi.un@student.uni-tuebingen.de>
1999-08-13 20:13:38 +00:00
archivers make this work under linux. 1999-08-10 05:05:39 +00:00
audio Sync master site with home page. 1999-08-11 20:43:09 +00:00
benchmarks Add package patch-sum files 1999-07-09 13:50:05 +00:00
biology Add and enable fastDNAml 1999-07-28 20:20:39 +00:00
cad Add package patch-sum files 1999-07-09 13:50:05 +00:00
comms Substitute for ${PKGNAME} when generating the PLIST files. 1999-08-13 14:06:55 +00:00
converters Add package patch-sum files 1999-07-09 13:50:05 +00:00
corba Add package patch-sum files 1999-07-09 13:50:05 +00:00
cross Added BUILD_DEPENDS+= autoheader:../../devel/autoconf as egcs build depends 1999-07-16 00:50:04 +00:00
databases Add and enable xmysql and xmysqladmin. 1999-08-05 17:25:05 +00:00
devel Add and enable pth-current. 1999-08-12 18:02:57 +00:00
distfiles Explain what goes here. 1997-12-17 09:25:18 +00:00
editors Substitute for ${PKGNAME} when generating the PLIST files. 1999-08-13 14:06:55 +00:00
emulators ELF rpath issues. 1999-07-27 08:38:36 +00:00
fonts/Xg Add package patch checksum files. 1999-07-09 14:09:02 +00:00
games Enable "xjewel". Fixes PR pkg/8198 by Julian Coleman. 1999-08-13 19:13:39 +00:00
graphics Don't try to read /usr/lib/libz.a on Solaris, as it doesn't exist - check 1999-08-10 10:30:59 +00:00
ham Update tfkiss to 1.1.0, provided by Berndt Josef Wulf in pr 8089. 1999-07-27 16:03:05 +00:00
japanese Add and enable kinput2 1999-08-02 11:41:38 +00:00
lang Substitute for ${PKGNAME} when generating the PLIST files. 1999-08-13 14:06:55 +00:00
mail Substitute for ${PKGNAME} when generating the PLIST files. 1999-08-13 14:06:55 +00:00
math Substitute for ${PKGNAME} when generating the PLIST files. 1999-08-13 14:06:55 +00:00
mbone ELF rpath issues. 1999-07-27 08:56:39 +00:00
meta-pkgs Update for new lynx version 2.8.2 - noted by Webmaster Jim <jspath@bcpl.net> 1999-07-04 15:46:47 +00:00
misc Substitute for ${PKGNAME} when generating the PLIST files. 1999-08-13 14:06:55 +00:00
mk The X11 mirror on "ftp.eu.net" is gone, use "ftp.sunsite.auc.dk" instead. 1999-08-13 18:27:19 +00:00
net Forget to add this before last commit 1999-08-13 08:56:03 +00:00
news Add INN package to conflict list. 1999-07-29 22:37:35 +00:00
packages Explain what goes here. 1997-12-17 09:25:18 +00:00
parallel Add package patch checksum files. 1999-07-09 14:09:02 +00:00
pkgtools Small change to make pkglint run on Linux, much the same as the change 1999-08-10 10:38:09 +00:00
plan9 Regen. 1999-08-03 15:05:45 +00:00
print Use "@unexec rmdir %D/share/texmf || true" to remove "share/texmf" to avoid 1999-08-12 21:11:29 +00:00
security Add a couple of mirror sites outside of the "pgpi.com" domain. 1999-08-07 06:01:07 +00:00
shells Substitute for ${PKGNAME} when generating the PLIST files. 1999-08-13 14:06:55 +00:00
sysutils Update gcombust to 0.1.19 1999-08-13 20:13:38 +00:00
templates Packages.txt moved. 1998-08-23 01:32:19 +00:00
textproc Update libxml to version 1.4.0. 1999-07-31 19:02:03 +00:00
www Old master site "ftp.w3c.org" didn't have distribution file any longer, 1999-08-12 19:40:52 +00:00
x11 Add and enable "xp". Fixes PR pkg/8197 by Julian Coleman. 1999-08-13 19:37:42 +00:00
Makefile Add and enable ham. 1999-06-06 19:33:17 +00:00
Packages.txt Document the show-downlevel target. 1999-07-09 15:29:43 +00:00
README Minor mods to clean up the English. 1998-09-01 11:03:23 +00:00

$NetBSD: README,v 1.8 1998/09/01 11:03:23 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 && 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".

+ 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.

+ 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 pksrc/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.

For more information on the packages collection see the file
Packages.txt in this directory.