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-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/pkg_add.113
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/pkg_add.1 b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/pkg_add.1
index 646f0b2d24a..aecf3831077 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/pkg_add.1
+++ b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/pkg_add.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: pkg_add.1,v 1.27 2001/08/17 11:13:58 mpech Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: pkg_add.1,v 1.28 2002/06/09 19:11:18 brad Exp $
.\"
.\" FreeBSD install - a package for the installation and maintainance
.\" of non-core utilities.
@@ -159,10 +159,7 @@ when creating a
.Dq staging area .
By default, this is the string
.Pa /var/tmp/instmp.XXXXXX ,
-but it may be necessary to override it in the situation where
-space in your
-.Pa /var/tmp
-directory is limited.
+but it may be necessary to override it (see CAVEATS).
Be sure to leave some number of
.Dq X
characters for
@@ -237,10 +234,10 @@ connection.
extracts each package's
.Dq packing list
into a special staging directory in
-.Pa /tmp
+.Pa /var/tmp
(or
.Ev PKG_TMPDIR
-if set)
+if set - see CAVEATS section)
and then runs through the following sequence to fully extract the contents
of the package:
.Bl -enum -indent indent
@@ -267,7 +264,7 @@ if the missing package cannot be found or installed,
the installation is terminated.
.It
A staging area is created under
-.Pa /tmp ,
+.Pa /var/tmp ,
and the package is extracted into the staging area.
.It
If the package contains a