On 2015/11/24 21:22, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2015/11/24 19:59, Jan Stary wrote:
> > More of the same.
> >
> > Maybe it should point to FAQ15 instead of the Porter's Handbook,
> > but the current link is deffinitely broken.
> >
> > Jan
> >
> >
> > Index: packages
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /cvs/src/distrib/notes/packages,v
> > retrieving revision 1.46
> > diff -u -p -r1.46 packages
> > --- packages 26 Jul 2013 20:07:29 -0000 1.46
> > +++ packages 24 Nov 2015 18:55:41 -0000
> > @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Installing applications from the CD-ROM
> >
> > Installing applications from the OpenBSD ports collection:
> >
> > - See http://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/ports/ports.html for current
> > + See http://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/ports/index.html for current
> > instructions on obtaining and installing OpenBSD ports.
> >
> > You should also refer to the ports(7) manual page.
> >
>
> Since this forms part of the release documentation, the web page should be
> reinstated, at the very least as a placeholder.
>
Here's a bit more of an update for the packages file..
Index: packages
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/distrib/notes/packages,v
retrieving revision 1.46
diff -u -p -r1.46 packages
--- packages 26 Jul 2013 20:07:29 -0000 1.46
+++ packages 24 Nov 2015 22:32:23 -0000
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ You should also refer to the packages(7)
Installing applications from the CD-ROM package collection:
- The OpenBSD CD-ROM ships with the most commonly installed third-party
+ The OpenBSD CD-ROM ships with a very small number of common third-party
applications pre-built for various hardware architectures. Limited
disk space on the CD-ROM unfortunately limits the number of such
packages. Check the directory OSREV/packages/MACHINE_ARCH to see which
@@ -56,52 +56,51 @@ Installing applications from the ftp.Ope
All available packages for your architecture have been placed on
ftp.OpenBSD.org in the directory
pub/OpenBSD/OSREV/packages/MACHINE_ARCH/
You may want to peruse this to see what packages are available. The
- packages are also on the OpenBSD FTP mirror sites. See
+ packages are also on the OpenBSD mirror sites. See
http://www.OpenBSD.org/ftp.html
- for a list of current FTP mirror sites.
+ for a list of current mirror sites.
Installation of a package is very easy.
1) become the superuser (root)
2) use the ``pkg_add'' command to install the software
``pkg_add'' is smart enough to know how to download the software
- from the OpenBSD FTP server. Example:
+ from an OpenBSD FTP/HTTP server. Example:
$ su
Password: <enter your root password>
# pkg_add \
-
ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/{:--:}OSREV/packages/MACHINE_ARCH/emacs-21.4p23.tgz
+
http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/{:--:}OSREV/packages/MACHINE_ARCH/emacs-21.4p31.tgz
-Installing applications from the CD-ROM ports collection:
+ For more information, see http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html.
- The CD-ROM ``ports'' collection is a set of Makefiles, patches,
+Installing applications from the OpenBSD ports collection:
+
+ The ``ports'' collection is a set of Makefiles, patches,
and other files used to control the building and installation
of an application from source files.
Creating an application from sources can require a lot of
- disk space, sometimes 50 megabytes or more. The first step is
+ disk space, sometimes 2 gigabytes or more. The first step is
to determine which of your disks has enough room. Once you've
made this determination, read the file PORTS located on the
CD-ROM which contains the ports tree.
- To build an application you must:
+ To build and install an application you must:
- 1) become the superuser (root)
- 2) have network access, or obtain the actual source files by
+ 1) have network access, or obtain the actual source files by
some other means.
- 3) cd to the ports directory containing the port you wish
+ 2) cd to the ports directory containing the port you wish
to build. To build samba, for example, where you'd
previously copied the ports files into the /usr/ports
directory: cd /usr/ports/net/samba
- 4) make
- 5) make install
- 6) make clean
-
-Installing applications from the OpenBSD ports collection:
+ 3) make package
+ 4) (as superuser) make install
+ 5) make clean
- See http://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/ports/ports.html for current
+ See http://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html#Ports for more
instructions on obtaining and installing OpenBSD ports.
You should also refer to the ports(7) manual page.
