1 $NetBSD: README.Interix,v 1.1 2004/03/10 23:37:42 tv Exp $
3 Please read the general README file as well.
5 NOTE: Currently, Interix support in pkgsrc is unstable, so errors and
6 problems are expected. Known caveats are listed at the bottom of this
9 Interix is a POSIX compatible subsystem for the Windows NT kernel, providing
10 a Unix-like environment with a tighter kernel integration than available
11 with Cygwin. It is part of the Windows Services for Unix package, available
12 for Windows 2000, XP, and 2003. SFU can be downloaded from:
14 http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/
16 At an absolute minimum, the following packages must be installed from the
17 Windows Services for Unix 3.5 distribution in order to use bootstrap-pkgsrc:
19 Utilities -> Base Utilities
20 Interix GNU Components -> (all)
24 The Remote Connectivity subcomponent, Windows Remote Shell Service, does not
25 need to be installed, but Remote Connectivity itself should be installed in
26 order to have a working inetd.
32 * As of this writing, the necessary Interix support stubs have not yet been
35 * On Windows under Interix, the "root" user is actually named
36 "+Administrator". This may require some modification to pkgsrc to
37 introduce a parameterized root user for installation purposes.
38 (Likewise, the bootstrap script sets the root group to "+Administrators".)