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@@ -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 |