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authorDaniel Friesel <derf@derf.homelinux.org>2008-10-09 00:19:55 +0200
committerDaniel Friesel <derf@derf.homelinux.org>2008-10-09 00:19:55 +0200
commit0311618f690c9ca385eb3934cedd91cca3430e56 (patch)
treeeef57f2d6260bb74caf0b7597f3c9e4ca4b24a60 /man/7
parent0d6470416b5a3c28e8de5a6c7bd0bac889a82402 (diff)
pkg(7): Added packages_root
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diff --git a/man/7/pkg b/man/7/pkg
index aa1c236..ee7d03c 100644
--- a/man/7/pkg
+++ b/man/7/pkg
@@ -44,6 +44,18 @@ All directories in $PDIR must be valid git repositories which are not in the
state of 'initial commit'. Dotfiles (directories starting with a .) are exempt
from this, they will be ignored by pkg.
+=head1 THE PACKAGES ROOT
+
+The packages_root, in pkg referred to as $PKG_ROOT, is structured just like
+the packages directory $PDIR, except that it neither contains .list nor
+.list-remote. The packages root is the central point where pkg fetches
+packages from and pushes packages to.
+
+=head2 CAUTION
+
+The file $PKG_ROOT/core/include/pkglist is used by pkg, so make sure the git
+rupo is checked out. A regular 'git checkout -f' in the core repo is recommended.
+
=head1 WHAT IS A PACKAGE?
Anything tracked with git can be used as package. However, as the purpose of pkg