CVS commit: pkgsrc/bootstrap

["David H. Gutteridge" <gutteridge%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Module Name:    pkgsrc
Committed By:   gutteridge
Date:           Fri Mar 22 23:34:00 UTC 2024

Modified Files:
        pkgsrc/bootstrap: bootstrap

Log Message:
bootstrap: add some comments about Linux specifics


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.322 -r1.323 pkgsrc/bootstrap/bootstrap

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

Modified files:

Index: pkgsrc/bootstrap/bootstrap
diff -u pkgsrc/bootstrap/bootstrap:1.322 pkgsrc/bootstrap/bootstrap:1.323
--- pkgsrc/bootstrap/bootstrap:1.322    Tue Mar 12 22:00:13 2024
+++ pkgsrc/bootstrap/bootstrap  Fri Mar 22 23:34:00 2024
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
-# $NetBSD: bootstrap,v 1.322 2024/03/12 22:00:13 joerg Exp $
+# $NetBSD: bootstrap,v 1.323 2024/03/22 23:34:00 gutteridge Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2001-2011 Alistair Crooks <agc%NetBSD.org@localhost>
 # All rights reserved.
@@ -726,13 +726,16 @@ IRIX*)
        fi
        ;;
 Linux)
+       # XXX This was added in 2010 to handle Linux distros that use "wheel"
+       # for root's group. It's a hack, since it only supports (apparently
+       # now defunct) SSD Linux.
        if [ -f /etc/ssdlinux_version ]; then
                root_group=wheel
        else
                root_group=root
        fi
        # Debian/Ubuntu's awk is mawk, and mawk does not understand
-       # some regexp used in pkgsrc/mk.
+       # some regexps used in pkgsrc/mk.
        if [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then
                need_awk=yes
        # Arch uses gawk 5 that breaks some regexps. It doesn't provide pax
@@ -740,6 +743,8 @@ Linux)
        elif [ -f /etc/arch-release ]; then
                need_awk=yes
                need_pax=yes
+       # ChromeOS provides a version of mawk that is permanently in restricted
+       # mode. Notably, this means it cannot run pipes, which pkgsrc requires.
        elif grep -sq '^CHROMEOS_RELEASE_NAME' /etc/lsb-release; then
                need_awk=yes
                need_sed=yes
@@ -896,7 +901,7 @@ if [ -n "${march}" ]; then
        machine_arch="${march}"
 fi
 
-# Fixup MACHINE_ARCH to use canonical pkgsrc variants, and support multiarch
+# Fix up MACHINE_ARCH to use canonical pkgsrc variants, and support multiarch
 # systems via --abi, setting a default $abi based on MACHINE_ARCH if not set.
 #
 case "$machine_arch/$abi" in