From c10b7c719f5a54183427ff99b41da8319905b7e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Gras Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 11:01:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] ast@'s easypack update --- man/man1/easypack.1 | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/man1/easypack.1 b/man/man1/easypack.1 index cdc8c7744..c47adc691 100644 --- a/man/man1/easypack.1 +++ b/man/man1/easypack.1 @@ -1,3 +1,24 @@ +From real-beng@top.few.vu.nl Thu Sep 15 20:57:32 2005 +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: ben@scum.org +Delivered-To: beng@atlantis.8hz.com +Received: from top.few.vu.nl (top.few.vu.nl [130.37.20.4]) + by atlantis.8hz.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB335BA6A + for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:57:31 +0200 (CEST) +Received: from fluit.few.vu.nl (fluit.few.vu.nl [130.37.20.8]) + by top.few.vu.nl with esmtp + (Smail #108) id m1EFyvM-0000PnC; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:57 +0200 +Received: by fluit.few.vu.nl (Smail #108) + id m1EFyvK-0001wwC; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:57 +0200 +Message-Id: +Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:57:30 CEST +From: Andy Tanenbaum +To: beng@few.vu.nl +Subject: Revised easypack.1 man page +Status: RO +Content-Length: 1176 +Lines: 36 + .TH EASYPACK 1 .SH NAME easypack \- Fetch and install a package @@ -18,13 +39,20 @@ easypack \- Fetch and install a package .FL "\-\fIo\fR" "If package is already installed, overwrite it .SH EXAMPLES .EX "easypack gzip-1.2.4" "Fetch gzip-1.2.4 package" -.EX "easypack indent telnet patch" "Fetch these three packages" +.EX "easypack -o indent telnet" "Refetch these 2 packages" .SH DESCRIPTION .PP -A package in .tar.bz2 format is fetched from \fIwww.minix3.org\fR, +MINIX 3 user programs, such as emacs, kermit, and telnet are +organized into packages. The list is available at +\fIwww.minix3.org/software\fR. While most packages are included +on the downloadable CD-ROM image, the larger ones are not. +Any package can be easily downloaded and installed by just +giving one simple easypack command listing the package names +taken from the Website. +Each package is a .tar.bz2 file that is fetched from \fIwww.minix3.org\fR, copied to \fI/usr/src/commands\fR, decompressed and untarred. Then the \fIbuild\fR script in the top-level directory is executed to install it. This command should be called when logged in as bin to provide write access to the relevant directories. A log file, -\fILog\fR is produced for debugging in case building fails. +\fILog\fR, is produced for debugging in case building fails.