CVS commit: pkgsrc

["Maya Rashish" <maya%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Module Name:    pkgsrc
Committed By:   maya
Date:           Thu Mar  2 09:51:35 UTC 2017

Modified Files:
        pkgsrc: README

Log Message:
Make top dir README a little more helpful.

This file is very prominent on github, so use this opportunity to give a
quick intro to pkgsrc.

mention main repo location so it's obvious even when using a fork & bug
report address.


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.18 -r1.19 pkgsrc/README

Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.

Modified files:

Index: pkgsrc/README
diff -u pkgsrc/README:1.18 pkgsrc/README:1.19
--- pkgsrc/README:1.18  Sat May  7 22:18:28 2005
+++ pkgsrc/README       Thu Mar  2 09:51:35 2017
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
-$NetBSD: README,v 1.18 2005/05/07 22:18:28 wiz Exp $
+$NetBSD: README,v 1.19 2017/03/02 09:51:35 maya Exp $
+
+pkgsrc is a framework for building software on UNIX-like systems.
+
+To use, bootstrap using:
+% cd pkgsrc/bootstrap/
+% ./bootstrap
+
+build packages, use:
+% cd pkgsrc/category/package-name
+% $PREFIX/bin/bmake install
+
+Where $PREFIX is where you've chosen to install packages (typically /usr/pkg)
+
+Bugs and patches can be filed in the follow link (use category 'pkg'):
+https://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/sendpr.cgi?gndb=netbsd
+
+To fetch the main CVS repository:
+% cvs -d anoncvs%anoncvs.NetBSD.org@localhost:/cvsroot checkout -P pkgsrc
+
+It's also possible to contribute through pkgsrc wip (work in progress), for
+more information, see http://pkgsrc.org/wip/users/
 
 Please see doc/pkgsrc.txt for information.