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| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man8/afterboot.8 | 33 |
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diff --git a/share/man/man8/afterboot.8 b/share/man/man8/afterboot.8 index ef05ccbd98c..030023e1917 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/afterboot.8 +++ b/share/man/man8/afterboot.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: afterboot.8,v 1.55 2000/10/26 22:23:45 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: afterboot.8,v 1.56 2000/10/30 18:21:37 espie Exp $ .Dd October 20, 1997 .Dt AFTERBOOT 8 \!\" Originally created by Marshall M. Midden -- 1997-10-20, m4@umn.edu @@ -656,7 +656,16 @@ and as needed. .Ss Packages Install your own packages. -The simple way is to copy source and compile and link/load. +The OpenBSD ports collection includes a large set of Third-Party software. +A lot of it is available as binary packages, that you can download from +.Pa ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/ +or a mirror, and install using +.Xr pkg_add 1 . +See +.Pa http://www.openbsd.org/ports.html +and +.Xr packages 7 +for more details. .Pp Copy vendor binaries and install them. You will need to install any shared libraries, etc. @@ -664,22 +673,13 @@ You will need to install any shared libraries, etc. .Ic man -k compat to find out how to install and use compatibility mode.) .Pp -Install any of a large group of Third-Party Software that is available -in source form. -See -.Pa http://www.openbsd.org -under -.Sq Ports: a Nice Way to Get Third-Party Software . -.Pp -You may have some difficulty installing due to various compiling errors. -Don't get discouraged easily! +There is also other Third-Party Software that is available +in source form only, either because it has not been ported to +.Ox +yet, or because licensing restrictions make binary redistribution +impossible. Sometimes checking the mailing lists for past problems that people have encountered will result in a fix posted. -One recent item says to delete -.Pa -lcrypt -from -.Pa Makefile Ns No s -as the crypt routines are now present in the standard libraries. .Sh COMPILING A KERNEL First, review the system message buffer using the .Xr dmesg 8 @@ -821,6 +821,7 @@ boot time in the kernel image. .Xr rbootd 5 , .Xr resolv.conf 5 , .Xr hostname 7 , +.Xr packages 7 , .Xr adduser 8 , .Xr amd 8 , .Xr bootpd 8 , |