This document summarizes changes to the pkgsrc package management system in 2013. It discusses major package updates and additions across many categories like databases, emulators, languages, and desktop environments. It also covers changes to the build system and licensing policies.

1. pkgsrc 2013
the record of the past year
OBATA Akio
Jul 13, 2007
JNUG NetBSD BOF 2013

2. What is pkgsrc?
Package once, use anywhere!
Easy to build & install software
Not only for NetBSD, cross platform
Quarterly Stable release (2013Q2)
Not only from source, binary pakcage
Over 10000 packages
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3. Supported Platforms
20 platforms
AIX, BSD/OS, Cygwin, Mac OS X, DragonFly,
FreeBSD, FreeMiNT, HP-UX, Haiku, IRIX,
Interix, Linux, Minix, MirBSD, NetBSD, OSF1,
OpenBSD, QNX, SunOS, UnixWare
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4. Supported Compilers
Compaq C Compilers (ccc)
Clang C and Objective-C compiler (clang)
Intel C++ Compiler (icc)
SGI IRIS Development Option cc (ido)
GNU Compiler Collection (gcc)
HP-UX C/aC++ compilers (hp)
Silicon Graphics, Inc. MIPSpro (mipspro)
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5. Supported Compilers
Portable C Compiler (pcc)
Sun Microsystems, Inc. WorkShip/Forte/
Sun ONE Studio (sunpro)
IBM's XL C/C++ compiler suite (xlc)
compiler cache (ccache)
distributed C/C++ (distcc)
Fortran 77 to C compiler (f2c)
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6. Cygwin support
1.7.x should be supported
Cygwin64?
should better to avoid DLL address conflict
not tested
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7. Other platforms
MinGW?
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8. Notable Changes of Packages
What's up?
Topics
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9. pkgsrc/databases
MySQL
5.6 imported
PostgerSQL
8.3 removed
9.2 imported
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10. pkgsrc/emulators
suse121_*
EOL!!!
(plan to import 13.x for long term support,
evergreen)
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11. pkgsrc/lang
gcc48 imported
perl5 switched to 5.18.x
Python
2.5 removed
3.1 removed
3.3 imported
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12. pksrc/lang
Ruby
1.9.2 removed
1.9.3 imported(default)
PHP
5.4 default
Java
sun-{jre,jde}7 imported
openjdk7 updated!
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13. pkgsrc/lang
Misc
tcl updated to 8.5
lua updated to 5.2.2
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14. pkgsrc/inputmethod
mozc imported
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15. pksrc/x11
updated to recent version
Xorg Server 1.12.4
Mesa 7.11.2
improved for some environment
but broken for some envitonment
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16. desktop environment
Gnome - 2.32? 3.x?
KDE 4.10.3
KDE 3?
Xfce 4.6 (wip 4.8)
DeforaOS
joind as pkgsrc developer
Motif (more free! than openmotif)
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17. staged installation
swithed to
PKG_DESTDIR_SUPPORT=user-destdir by
default
remain <20 packages, missing destdir
support
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18. Support GCC runtime
lang/gcc?? & lang/gcc??-lib
split standard libraries to -lib package
USE_PKGSRC_GCC_RUNTIME=yes
use lang/gcc??-lib as system library
avoid circular dependency, pkgsrc gcc & pakcages
used by gcc package
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19. Introducing PKGGNUDIR
GNU_PROGRAM_PREFIX=g (previously)
ex. GNU awk as /usr/pkg/bin/gawk ? awk ?
confused if it is empty or different value
PKGGNUDIR=gnu (new!)
ex. /usr/pkg/gnu/bin/awk & /usr/pkg/bin/gawk
you can put /usr/pkg/gnu/bin to PATH to prefer
GNU tools
GNU command is always `gxxx'.
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20. default acceptable license
Open Source - by OSI? - NO!
Free Softwre - by FSF? - NO!
TNF board@ decide !
agpl is not acceptable
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21. corss build
improved
full/build/tool dependency
not required to cross build perl if it is just used as
tool.
need more improvement
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22. never MATOME
What is pkgsrc?
Welcome to new pkgsrc developers!
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