Re: pkg_comp HOWTO (Was: pkgsrc)

[David Brownlee <abs%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Sun, 8 Feb 2009, Herb Peyerl wrote:

> On Feb 8, 2009, at 7:40 AM, David Brownlee wrote:
> >         Could you feed back some suggestions on what is missing from
> >         the pkgsrc guide? Even if you only list a few of the things
> >         that caught you it can definitely help the next person trying
> >         to use pkgsrc on an obscure platform.
>
> My recurring complaint is the difficulty in upgrading a machine's /usr/pkg to 
> something newer... The whole pkg_comp thing, once understood, is cool and 
> does work well... But the road to understanding is paved with the corpses of 
> dragons...
>
> Not to mention we don't even document the procedure... The "how I learned to 
> stop worrying and build pkgsrc in a chroot" document is an external link that 
> is a 404... How pathetic is that?


        Thats pretty lame. I found a copy via the waybackmachine. I've
        emailed the author asking if he would mind it being added to
        the NetBSD documentation.

http://web.archive.org/web/20070120073614/http://www.bsdfreak.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1

        Alternatively, does anyone have a reference to a good howto on
        using pkg_comp, or better still some suggested text to add to the
        pkgsrc guide?

        (Please trim netbsd-users%netbsd.org@localhost from any further 
followups,
        interested parties please continue on pkgsrc-users%netbsd.org@localhost)

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