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install/58067: 10.0 RC6: misleading reference to `pkgsrc' set



>Number:         58067
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       10.0_RC6 VAX INSTALL.more mentions quasi-nonexistent set
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    install-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Mar 23 03:35:00 +0000 2024
>Originator:     Mouse
>Release:        NetBSD 10.0_RC6
>Organization:
	Dis-
>Environment:
	Not relevant (pre-install doc issue)
>Description:
	The 10.0_RC6 VAX INSTALL document, at least the .more version,
	says (lines 234 through 236)

     Except for the pkgsrc set, which is traditionally unpacked
     into /usr/pkgsrc, all sets may be unpacked into /usr/src
     with the command:

	As far as I can tell, there is no pkgsrc set in the
	distribution.  The NetBSD-10.0_RC6/source/sets/ directory on
	ftp.n.o doesn't have one, at the very least.
>How-To-Repeat:
	Read the VAX INSTALL.more.  (Since I suspect they're built from
	a common source, I haven't bothered checking other forms of it
	or other arches' INSTALL.* files; I suspect this is common to
	them all.)  Notice the reference to a pkgsrc set.  Notice it
	isn't in the preceding list of source sets.  Look for it
	alongside the other source sets.  Fail.  If you're a naïve
	user, likely get confused.
>Fix:
	I'm not sure, since I don't use pkgsrc myself.  Guessing based
	on other references to it in INSTALL.more, I'd suggest
	replacing the above with something more like

		Except for pkgsrc, which is not strictly one of the
		distribution sets and, when installed, is installed
		differently (see below), all the sets....

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