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pkg/45538: pkgsrc guide is wrong about USE_TOOLS :pkgsrc suffix



>Number:         45538
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       pkgsrc guide is wrong about USE_TOOLS :pkgsrc suffix
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Oct 28 19:40:00 +0000 2011
>Originator:     Sergey Svishchev
>Release:        any
>Organization:
        
>Environment:
        
        
>Description:
The guide says:

"18.2. Tools needed by packages

In the following examples, the :pkgsrc means to use the pkgsrc version and not
the native version for a build dependency."

:pkgsrc actually means that the tool is required by pkgsrc itself:

http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-changes/2005/07/16/0016.html
        
>How-To-Repeat:
Try to build wine-devel on 5.0, see it complain about out-of-date flex.
        
>Fix:
        

>Unformatted:
        
        


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