From 88c4996e658ec62a8f9ea68d8a8c36da160f4b38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John McQuah Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2022 15:31:50 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] added README --- README.md | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e61d3bd --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +# McQuah's CRUX ports + +One of the strengths of the CRUX distribution is +its unapologetic stance on weeding out unmaintained +packages, which keeps the core installation +extremely minimal. Even the contrib collection is +not safe from these purges, as evidenced by the +disappearance of such venerable utilities +like netcat and ncdu. Although these packages are +recoverable via the gitweb history, the preferred +option is to let their advocates take over the +maintenance in personal overlays. Here is my +overlay---a mix of onetime-official ports (no longer +in the official repositories, or forked with my own +customizations) and custom ports that never had an +official version. + +The build scripts in this collection mostly just +copy the commands from other sources, including +upstream, other CRUX ports, AUR, and VoidLinux. +In most cases it would be too laborious to track down +the original authors. But if you recognize your work +and want your name on it, let me know! + +A few ports will generate signature mismatches if +you use a version of pkgmk that lacks the feature +for renaming tarballs. Once CRUX 3.7 is released and +widely adopted, these errors should be a thing of +the past.