On 04/26/15 10:14, Eichert, Diana wrote: > Point taken, but what about a readme associated with a dependency > install? I've seen them buried, even scroll off screen, in pkg > install with a lot of dependencies.
that's why I added it. > Then again, most people don't RTFM. that's why I don't expect to change the world. :) Nick. > > > -----Original Message----- From: owner-t...@openbsd.org > [mailto:owner-t...@openbsd.org] On Behalf Of Stuart Henderson Sent: > Saturday, April 25, 2015 10:07 AM To: trondd Cc: tech@openbsd.org > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Mention pkg-readmes in FAQ > > On 2015/04/25 11:21, trondd wrote: >> Seems like I see a lot of people who don't know about pkg-readmes >> and it was a long time before I knew about them, too. Note their >> existence in the package/ports FAQ. > > I don't object to it, but when you install a package with such > information, it says: > > # pkg_add xl2tpd quirks-2.66 signed on 2015-04-23T10:51:49Z > xl2tpd-1.3.1p5: ok The following new rcscripts were installed: > /etc/rc.d/xl2tpd See rcctl(8) for details. Look in > /usr/local/share/doc/pkg-readmes for extra documentation. > > If people don't manage to find it when it's right in front of them, > what hope is there of them noticing it in the FAQ? > >> --- faq15.html 27 Feb 2015 09:16:26 -0000 1.105 +++ >> faq15.html 25 Apr 2015 15:18:01 -0000 @@ -370,6 +370,9 @@ scaled. >> Below is the relevant section fr </pre></blockquote> >> >> <p> +Additionally, some packages provide configuration and other >> +information in a file located in >> <i>/usr/local/share/docs/pkg-readmes</i>. +<p> Let us now continue >> with an example of a package which has dependencies: >> >> <blockquote><pre> >> >
