> 
>    I have been tring to find some documentation on how to make it 
> running. I found a lot of information on it for Linux on WWW, but not a 
> word (except package changes) for NetBSD. Unfortunately, the information 
> for Linux was worthless - the step-by-step instructions for Red Hat just 
> didn't work at all.

NetBSD != Red Hat Linux.  What a revelation!

> 
> 
> 
>    This takes me to a broader problem: I have been playing with NetBSD 
> for about a month infrequently, but I found out that getting a 
> documentation for source packages is quite a painfull task. The packages 
> rarely install manpages. 

Then complain to the deveolopers of that software.  What does this
have to do with NetBSD?

I would be happy if they installed at least 
> some longer READMEs than "The NetBSD Packages Collection ". When I try 
> Google, all I get on NetBSD sites is "package changes" or "brief 
> description" in Japanese. The webpages of the original product usually 
> don't mention specifics of the NetBSD port at all, so I would expect 
> that package maintainers could write something for "the rest of us". Let 
> me note that I appreciate the effort, but I have been fighting for three 
> days with PAM/LDAP and I feel quite frustrated. My previous experience 
> is Ultrix, Tru64 and Linux. While Linux nation has only one dilemma 
> "which documentation to read first", BSD people are not really into 
> writing... :-(

Disatified with the NetBSD packages' documentation?  We're all waiting 
breathlessly for your contribution!

David S.
 
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