CVS commit: pkgsrc/doc/guide/files

["Roland Illig" <rillig%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Module Name:    pkgsrc
Committed By:   rillig
Date:           Thu Jul 13 13:29:07 UTC 2023

Modified Files:
        pkgsrc/doc/guide/files: binary.xml

Log Message:
doc/guide: sync binary package creation with reality

For many years now, binary packages have been created before installing
them.


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.35 -r1.36 pkgsrc/doc/guide/files/binary.xml

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

Modified files:

Index: pkgsrc/doc/guide/files/binary.xml
diff -u pkgsrc/doc/guide/files/binary.xml:1.35 pkgsrc/doc/guide/files/binary.xml:1.36
--- pkgsrc/doc/guide/files/binary.xml:1.35      Sun Jul 10 07:43:23 2016
+++ pkgsrc/doc/guide/files/binary.xml   Thu Jul 13 13:29:07 2023
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: binary.xml,v 1.35 2016/07/10 07:43:23 rillig Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: binary.xml,v 1.36 2023/07/13 13:29:07 rillig Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="binary">
   <title>Creating binary packages</title>
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@
 &uprompt; <userinput>make package</userinput>
 </screen>
 
-    <para>This will build and install your package (if not already done),
-    and then build a binary package from what was installed. You can
-    then use the <command>pkg_*</command> tools to manipulate
-    it. Binary packages are created by default in
-    <filename>/usr/pkgsrc/packages</filename>, in the form of a
-    gzipped tar file. See <xref linkend="logs.package"/> for a
-    continuation of the above <filename
-    role="pkg">misc/figlet</filename> example.</para>
+    <para>This will build your package (if not already done) and package
+    it into a binary package. You can then use the
+    <command>pkg_*</command> tools to manipulate it. Binary packages are
+    created in <varname>PACKAGES</varname>, which defaults to
+    <filename>/usr/pkgsrc/packages</filename>, in the form of a compressed
+    tar file. See <xref linkend="logs.package"/> for a continuation of
+    the above <filename role="pkg">misc/figlet</filename>
+    example.</para>
 
     <para>See <xref linkend="submit"/> for information on how to submit
     such a binary package.</para>