From f259d03f24b25a7d1e0e99404cd9da07c8809d3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: justin Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 02:51:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] pkgsrc/dports notes --- release36/index.mdwn | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/release36/index.mdwn b/release36/index.mdwn index c59738bf..0f468e3e 100644 --- a/release36/index.mdwn +++ b/release36/index.mdwn @@ -33,15 +33,21 @@ MD5 sums for the uncompressed images: ### pkgsrc packages -There are no pkgsrc packages; pkgsrc itself can be installed from tarballs or the cvs repository at http://www.pkgsrc.org/ +There are no prebuilt pkgsrc packages; pkgsrc itself can be installed from tarballs or the cvs repository at http://www.pkgsrc.org/ ### dports packages +Packages for dports on DragonFly 3.6 are available, for both 32 and 64 bit platforms. The 'pkg' command will automatically access the main dports repository for DragonFly. Modify /etc/pkg.conf if you want to change this. + +If you have pkgsrc packages installed, move or rename /usr/pkg and /var/db/pkg before installing from dports. Use 'pkg search' to verify the existence of your needed packages before moving the existing pkgsrc files away, and 'pkg install' to add them. + +If you need specific build options for dports packages that aren't on by default, you will need to build your own versions of the software. Download the dports src repository with 'make dports-create' in the /usr directory, and build from there. + ## DragonFly 3.6 Special Installation and Upgrade Notes **Upgrade process change** - upgrading from DragonFly 3.4 to DragonFly 3.6 requires a slight change in the process. *Reboot before performing 'make upgrade'.* This change is only necessary when transitioning from 3.4 to 3.6. -**Transitioning from pkgsrc to dports** - See separate notes above. +**Transitioning from pkgsrc to dports** - See 'dports packages' above. **Disk size warning** - Installations using HAMMER should use disks over 50G in size. HAMMER history will consume disk space quickly. Either use UFS on smaller disks, or prune your file history carefully. @@ -93,9 +99,7 @@ For a list of per-commit changes, see the [3.6.0rc tag commit](http://lists.drag > ### HAMMER2 -* NOTE: HAMMER2 is not operational yet, not even for devs. -* Blah blah - +* HAMMER2 is in the system but not ready for use. Development of HAMMER2 is ongoing in DragonFly 3.7. > ### Userland changes -- 2.41.0