$NetBSD: README.Interix,v 1.1 2004/03/10 23:37:42 tv Exp $

Please read the general README file as well.

NOTE:  Currently, Interix support in pkgsrc is unstable, so errors and
problems are expected.  Known caveats are listed at the bottom of this
document.

Interix is a POSIX compatible subsystem for the Windows NT kernel, providing
a Unix-like environment with a tighter kernel integration than available
with Cygwin.  It is part of the Windows Services for Unix package, available
for Windows 2000, XP, and 2003.  SFU can be downloaded from:

    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/

At an absolute minimum, the following packages must be installed from the
Windows Services for Unix 3.5 distribution in order to use bootstrap-pkgsrc:

    Utilities -> Base Utilities
    Interix GNU Components -> (all)
    Remote Connectivity
    Interix SDK

The Remote Connectivity subcomponent, Windows Remote Shell Service, does not
need to be installed, but Remote Connectivity itself should be installed in
order to have a working inetd.

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KNOWN CAVEATS

* As of this writing, the necessary Interix support stubs have not yet been
  added to pkgsrc/mk.

* On Windows under Interix, the "root" user is actually named
  "+Administrator".  This may require some modification to pkgsrc to
  introduce a parameterized root user for installation purposes.  
  (Likewise, the bootstrap script sets the root group to "+Administrators".)