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diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/pkg_add.1 b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/pkg_add.1 index e69af9b9518..bf5c2282d2d 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 1.9 1999/06/05 22:17:48 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: pkg_add.1,v 1.10 1999/10/07 22:09:20 aaron Exp $ .\" .\" FreeBSD install - a package for the installation and maintainance .\" of non-core utilities. @@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pkg_add -.Nd a utility for installing software package distributions +.Nd install software package distributions .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm pkg_add .Op Fl vInfRMS .Op Fl t Ar template .Op Fl p Ar prefix -.Ar pkg-name Op Ar pkg-name ... +.Ar pkg-name Op Ar ... .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm @@ -36,46 +36,47 @@ command is used to extract packages that have been previously created with the .Xr pkg_create 1 command. -.Sh WARNING -.Bf -emphasis +Selected packages containing pre-compiled applications from the +.Pa /usr/ports +tree can be found on the +.Ox +FTP site or on the official +.Ox +CD. +These packages are provided as a convenience for quickly installing software +that would otherwise need to be built manually. +.Pp +Package names may be specified as filenames (which normally consist of the +package name itself plus the +.Dq .tgz +suffix) or an FTP location in the form of an URL. For example, the following +is valid: +.Pp +.Ic pkg_add ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.6/packages/i386/zsh-3.0.6.tgz +.Pp +If the given package names are not found in the current working directory, +.Nm +will search for them in each directory named by the +.Ev PKG_PATH +environment variable. +Specifying +.Ql - +as a package name causes +.Nm +to read from the standard input. +.Pp +.Sy Warning: Since the .Nm command may execute scripts or programs contained within a package file, -your system may be susceptible to ``trojan horses'' or other subtle -attacks from miscreants who create dangerous package files. +your system may be susceptible to +.Dq trojan horses +or other subtle attacks from miscreants who create dangerous packages. +Be sure the specified package(s) are from trusted sources. .Pp -You are advised to verify the competence and identity of those who -provide installable package files. For extra protection, use the -.Fl M -flag to extract the package file, and inspect its contents and scripts -to insure it poses no danger to your system's integrity. Pay particular -attention to any +INSTALL, +DEINSTALL, +REQUIRE or +MTREE_DIRS files, -and inspect the +CONTENTS file for -.Cm @cwd , -.Cm @mode -(check for setuid), -.Cm @dirrm , -.Cm @exec , -and -.Cm @unexec -directives, and/or use the -.Xr pkg_info 1 -command to examine the package file. -.Ef - -.Sh OPTIONS -The following command line arguments are supported: -.Bl -tag -width indent -.It Ar pkg-name Op Ar ... pkg-name -The named packages are installed. A package name of -.Dq \&- -will cause -.Nm -to read from stdin. If the packages are not found in the current -working directory, -.Nm -will search them in each directory named by -.Ev PKG_PATH . +The options are as follows: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl v Turn on verbose output. .It Fl I @@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ does no work beyond extracting the package into a temporary staging area (see the .Fl t option), reading in the packing list, and then dumping it (prefaced by -the current staging area) to stdout where it may be filtered by a +the current staging area) to the standard output where it may be filtered by a program such as .Xr sed 1 . When used in conjunction with @@ -170,36 +171,19 @@ mode. When run in this mode, .Nm expects the release contents to be already extracted and waiting in the staging area, the location of which is read as a string -from stdin. The complete packing list is also read from stdin, +from the standard input. The complete packing list is also read from stdin, and the contents then acted on as normal. .El .Pp -One or more -.Ar pkg-name -arguments may be specified, each being either a file containing the -package (these usually ending with the -.Dq .tgz -suffix) or a -URL pointing at a file available on an ftp site. Thus you may -extract files directly from their anonymous ftp locations (e.g. -.Nm -ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages/shells/bash-1.14.4.tgz). -Note: If you wish to use -.Bf -emphasis -active mode -.Ef -ftp in such transfers, set -the variable -.Ev FTPMODE -to -.Dq active -in your environment. Otherwise, the more flexible -.Dq passive -mode may be used (see +By default, when adding packages via FTP, the .Xr ftp 1 -for more info on the +program operates in +.Dq passive +mode. If you wish to use active mode instead, set the .Ev FTPMODE -environment variable). If +environment variable to +.Qq active . +If .Nm consistently fails to fetch a package from a site known to work, it may be because the site does not support @@ -207,7 +191,7 @@ passive mode ftp correctly. This is very rare since .Nm will try active mode ftp if the server refuses a passive mode connection. -.Sh TECHNICAL DETAILS +.Ss Technical details .Nm extracts each package's .Dq packing list @@ -365,17 +349,18 @@ is installed, even if the user might change it with the flag to .Cm pkg_add . .Sh ENVIRONMENT -.Ss PKG_PATH -The value of the +.Bl -tag -width PKG_DBDIR +.It Ev PKG_PATH +If a given package name cannot be found, +the directories named by .Ev PKG_PATH -is used if a given package can't be found; it's usually set to -.Pa /usr/pkgsrc/packages/All . -The environment variable -should be a series of entries separated by colons. Each entry +are searched. +It should contain a series of entries separated by colons. Each entry consists of a directory name. The current directory may be indicated implicitly by an empty directory name, or explicitly by a single -period. -.Ss PKG_DBDIR +period +.Pq Ql \&. . +.It Ev PKG_DBDIR Where to register packages instead of .Pa /var/db/pkg . .Sh SEE ALSO @@ -385,7 +370,7 @@ Where to register packages instead of .Xr mkdtemp 3 , .Xr sysconf 3 , .Xr mtree 8 -.Sh AUTHORS +.Sh AUTHOR .Bl -tag -width indent -compact .It "Jordan Hubbard" Initial work and ongoing development. @@ -400,9 +385,9 @@ all the links to the file, or (2) all the links to the file are bracketed by directives in the contents file, .Em and the link names are extracted with a single -.Cm tar +.Xr tar 1 command (not split between -invocations due to exec argument-space limitations--this depends on the +invocations due to exec argument-space limitations; this depends on the value returned by .Fn sysconf _SC_ARG_MAX ) . .Pp |