=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/www/Attic/ports.html,v retrieving revision 1.32 retrieving revision 1.33 diff -u -r1.32 -r1.33 --- www/Attic/ports.html 2000/06/15 16:48:50 1.32 +++ www/Attic/ports.html 2000/06/17 15:13:00 1.33 @@ -53,10 +53,15 @@

-Packages look like simple .tar.gz bundles, but they should always -be added using pkg_add(1), as there might be some extra information that only -pkg_add(1) knows how to handle. -Tip: you can distinguish between packages and .tar.gz bundles using pkg_info(1). +Packages look like simple .tar.gz bundles, but they should +always be added using +pkg_add(1), +as there might be some extra information that only +pkg_add(1) +knows how to handle. +Tip: you can distinguish between packages and .tar.gz bundles +using +pkg_info(1).

Getting packages

@@ -78,20 +83,22 @@
     # setenv PKG_PATH ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.7/packages/i386/
-    # pkg_add gimp-1.17.tar.gz
+    # pkg_add gimp-1.1.17.tar.gz
 

Managing installed packages

-The packages(7). +The packages(7) manual page holds useful information about ways to manage installed packages, solve conflicts (files that already exist) and handle dependencies.

As of OpenBSD 2.7, to update a package you must:

This is slightly inconvenient, as packages may trigger dependencies, and you may have to remove a large subset of packages for an update. @@ -130,8 +137,9 @@ and recompile vast portions of the ports tree. It is strongly suggested that people don't track ports-current unless they're prepared to deal with various problems. -Mailing lists such as source-changes or tech will -probably be invaluable. +Mailing lists such as +source-changes@openbsd.org or +tech@openbsd.org will probably be invaluable.

The ports-current tree can be retrieved via: @@ -153,7 +161,7 @@

Let's say you managed to get a ports tree and you want to compile and -install the archiving utility unzip. You should be able to +install the archiving utility unzip. You should be able to do something like this:

@@ -214,6 +222,6 @@
 
OpenBSD www@openbsd.org -
$OpenBSD: ports.html,v 1.32 2000/06/15 16:48:50 naddy Exp $ +
$OpenBSD: ports.html,v 1.33 2000/06/17 15:13:00 espie Exp $