Mark E. Perkins wrote:
> On 2005/11/20 03:48, Roland Illig wrote:
> 
>>What purpose does appendix A of the package guide have? It contains an
>>_uncommented_ list of files and a sequence of "make fetch; make build;
>>make install; make clean" commands. I'd like to remove it, unless
>>someone objects.
>>
>>Roland
> 
> 
> If you mean the same text viewable here:
> 
> 	http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/pkgsrc/examples.html
> 
> then I'm not sure what you mean by "uncommented". It is not verbosely
> commented, but it does explain what's going on. To understand what's
> going on (and what pkgsrc is all about) really requires some familiarity
> with the main text of the Guide. But I *have* pointed folks directly to
> Appendix A to help them understand that pkgsrc can be understood (and
> used) by mere mortals.
> 
> So my vote is to keep it (especially since it is the only example there
> is at the moment).

Ok, then I'll update it slightly.

Roland