Clarify that /usr/pkgsrc is not the One True Location, but merely

an accepted-by-convention default, per agc.
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jhawk 2000-04-14 10:17:44 +00:00
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.\" $NetBSD: postinstall,v 1.6 2000/04/13 18:24:13 jhawk Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: postinstall,v 1.7 2000/04/14 10:17:44 jhawk Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@ -191,13 +191,15 @@ Precompiled binaries can be found at
Package sources for compiling packages can be obtained by
retrieving the file
.Lk ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/tar_files/pkgsrc.tar.gz
They should then be extracted into
They are typically extracted into
.Pa /usr/pkgsrc
with the command:
(though other locations work fine), as with the command:
.D1 Ic "cat pkgsrc.tar.gz | gunzip | (mkdir /usr/pkgsrc;
.D1 Ic "cd /usr/pkgsrc; tar xpf - )
After extracting, then see
.Pa /usr/pkgsrc/README
After extracting, then see the
.Pa README
file in the extraction directory (e.g.
.Pa /usr/pkgsrc/README )
for more information.
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