CVS commit: pkgsrc/bootstrap

["Benny Siegert" <bsiegert%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Module Name:    pkgsrc
Committed By:   bsiegert
Date:           Tue Apr 21 17:37:00 UTC 2026

Modified Files:
        pkgsrc/bootstrap: README.Linux

Log Message:
README.Linux: diffutils needs to be installed on Slackware

Reported by Daniel in PR pkg/60188.


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.15 -r1.16 pkgsrc/bootstrap/README.Linux

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

Modified files:

Index: pkgsrc/bootstrap/README.Linux
diff -u pkgsrc/bootstrap/README.Linux:1.15 pkgsrc/bootstrap/README.Linux:1.16
--- pkgsrc/bootstrap/README.Linux:1.15  Tue Oct 22 11:54:53 2024
+++ pkgsrc/bootstrap/README.Linux       Tue Apr 21 17:37:00 2026
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NetBSD: README.Linux,v 1.15 2024/10/22 11:54:53 nia Exp $
+$NetBSD: README.Linux,v 1.16 2026/04/21 17:37:00 bsiegert Exp $
 
 # General
 
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ installed prior to attempting bootstrap:
 apt install cvs libncurses libncurses-dev gcc g++ zlib1g-dev \
                zlib1g libssl-dev libudev-dev gawk
 
+# Slackware
+
+On a fresh installation of Slackware, you need to install the diffutils
+package if it is not already installed.
+
 # RedHat and derivatives
 
 In 2022, pkgsrc bootstrapped ok on RHEL 8.5, and packages generally worked.