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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/packages b/distrib/notes/packages
index eed01221c41..7685ab58a39 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/packages
+++ b/distrib/notes/packages
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl $OpenBSD: packages,v 1.42 2007/05/29 04:30:38 miod Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: packages,v 1.43 2008/08/06 18:22:13 miod Exp $
As complete as your OpenBSD system is, you may want to add any of several
excellent third party software applications. There are several ways to do
this. You can:
@@ -106,34 +106,6 @@ Installing applications from the OpenBSD ports collection:
You should also refer to the ports(7) manual page.
dnl
-dnl If this architecture is also supported under FreeBSD or NetBSD, define
-dnl text that tells which ports collection you can try to tinker with.
-dnl
-define({:-PORTS-:},
-{:-ifelse(
-MACHINE_ARCH,alpha,{:-FreeBSD
- ports or NetBSD pkgsrc-:},
-MACHINE_ARCH,amd64,{:-FreeBSD
- ports or NetBSD pkgsrc-:},
-MACHINE_ARCH,arm,{:-NetBSD
- pkgsrc-:},
-dnl MACHINE_ARCH,hppa,{:-NetBSD
-dnl pkgsrc-:},
-MACHINE_ARCH,i386,{:-FreeBSD
- ports or NetBSD pkgsrc-:},
-MACHINE_ARCH,m68k,{:-NetBSD
- pkgsrc-:},
-MACHINE_ARCH,powerpc,{:-NetBSD
- pkgsrc-:},
-MACHINE_ARCH,sh,{:-NetBSD
- pkgsrc-:},
-MACHINE_ARCH,sparc,{:-NetBSD
- pkgsrc-:},
-MACHINE_ARCH,sparc64,{:-FreeBSD
- ports or NetBSD pkgsrc-:},
-MACHINE_ARCH,vax,{:-NetBSD
- pkgsrc-:})-:})dnl
-dnl
dnl If this architecture supports FreeBSD or NetBSD emulation by default,
dnl define text that tells which binary packages you can try to run.
dnl
@@ -153,10 +125,8 @@ Installing other applications:
If an OpenBSD package or port does not exist for an application
you're pretty much on your own. The first thing to do is ask
<ports@OpenBSD.org> if anyone is working on a port -- there may
- be one in progress.
- ifelse(PORTS,,,{:-
- If no such port exists, you might want to tinker with the PORTS.
--:})dnl
+ be one in progress. If no such port exists, you might want to
+ look at the FreeBSD ports or NetBSD pkgsrc for inspiration.
ifelse(EMUL,,,{:-
It is also quite possible that the EMUL binary packages,
if they exist, will work for you. Note that you will need to