commit 2bc41675b34c9dae19399c45352e5244fe2c02a0
parent ba27c46ca95f3a2909c510c9857eddf01fe9ef60
Author: Jacob R. Edwards <jacobouno@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2021 09:07:41 -0700
Simplify README
Diffstat:
| M | README | | | 24 | +++++++++--------------- |
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README b/README
@@ -1,19 +1,13 @@
OpenBSD [and UNIX] system configurations
-There are two packages, local, for user-specific modules, and global,
-for system-wide modules. In each package there are multiple modules
-such as ksh for ksh(1) related files and vi for vi(1) related files.
+The Makefiles have two special variables, PKGS and MODULES, which
+may be defined to restrict operations to a specific set of files.
+For example, to install the `vi' and `ksh' modules from the `local'
+package you may use the following:
-To select packages use the PKGS variable, e.g. make PKGS=local, to
-select modules use the MODULES variable, e.g. make MODULES=vi. By
-default the selected modules from the selected packages are installed
-using cast(1) (see my cast project), but you may use GNU stow(1)
-on the local package by defining STOW, e.g. make STOW=1.
+ $ make PKGS=local MODULES='vi ksh'
-An example to install only the vi and ksh modules from the local
-package:
-
- $ make PKGS=local MODULES='vi ksh'
-
-Note that you may omit 'PKGS=local' since PKGS is defined as local
-by default.
+When installing modules from the local package the special variable
+STOW may be defined to use GNU stow(1) instead of cast(1), one of
+my projects. This is not available in the global package because
+stow(1) only supports symlinks which I believe are insecure.
