From 0311618f690c9ca385eb3934cedd91cca3430e56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Friesel Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 00:19:55 +0200 Subject: pkg(7): Added packages_root --- man/7/pkg | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) (limited to 'man') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3