Re: newbie pkg question

[John <john%sixgirls.org@localhost>]

> > pkg_add and the pkgsrc tree both recursively add dependencies
> > automatically. It's a sysadmin's dream.
>
> > Do the pkg_add, and sit back and watch...
>
> Till now, I did the following:
>
>     make fetch-list | sh
>     make
>     make install
>
> What's the difference to your pkg_add way of doing it?

I think I was being a little too general. There are two ways of installing
software from the pkgsrc system:

1) Go to the web page and find a link to something you want to install,
then use pkg_add to install it:
pkg_add ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/1.5/amiga/All/pine-4.33.tgz

2) Or use the pkgsrc tree:
cd /usr/pkgsrc/mail/pine
make install

The make fetch-list | sh, make, and make install is all done automatically
if you just type make install.

Personally, I prefer to do all of me installs via the pkgsrc tree, as I
prefer my localbase to be /usr/local, not /usr/pkg, and I prefer to
optimise for each processor (CFLAGS+=-m68060 and M68060=YES, for example).

John Klos