>On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Daniel R. Killoran,Ph.D. wrote:
>
>>  When it was suggested that I had an old pgksrc, I ftp'ed to
>>  ftp.netbsd.org, then
>>  I
>>  cd pub
>>  cd NetBSD
>>  cd packages
>  > get bootstrap-pkgsrc.tar.gz

Jeremy C. Reed replied:

>That is for getting started with pkgsrc. That is for building and
>installing bmake, pkg_* tools, mtree, ftp, etc.
>
>The real pkgsrc is at pkgsrc.tar.gz (not "bootstrap") -- it is over ten
>times bigger. It was last updated August 9th, I believe.

Ah! Thanks, I will use that one.

>Have a look at
>http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/software/packages.html
>
>(I use cvs to update my pkgsrc collection. But I don't see the examples
>on that webpage.)
>

Yes, there is an example of using CVS. However, the page leaves the 
strong impression that bootstrap-pkgsrc.tar.gz is the one to use!


Dan Killoran