On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 08:58:59PM +0100, Roland Illig wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm writing a pkglint check for the CATEGORIES variable, which is 
> currently free-form. What values, in addition to the current category 
> directories, should be accepted for it?
> 
> - gnome
> - japanese (probably a relict from the FreeBSD times)
> - java
> - kde
> - meta-pkgs (debatable)
> - perl5
> - plan9
> - python
> - xmms
> 
> By the way, what are CATEGORIES used for apart from creating symlinks to 
> the binary packages in ../All/? The pkgsrc guide has nothing to say to 
> this. In other words: What do we _need_ this variable for?

we "need" it for convenience, at least. being able to quickly identify
packages in a given category is extremely useful.

grant.