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1The sparc-specific portion of the NetBSD RELEASE release is found in the
2"sparc" subdirectory of the distribution.  That subdirectory is laid
3out as follows:
4
5.../NetBSD-RELEASE/sparc/
6			binary/		sparc binary distribution sets;
7					see below.
8
9			security/	sparc security distribution;
10					see below;
11
12			install/	Base GENERIC kernels, tools,
13					and installation script.
14
15The NetBSD/sparc binary distribution sets contain the binaries which
16comprise the NetBSD RELEASE release for the sparc.  There are seven binary
17distribution sets, and the "security" distribution set.  The binary
18distribution sets can be found in subdirectories of the "sparc/binary"
19subdirectory of the NetBSD RELEASE distribution tree, and are as follows:
20
21	base11	The NetBSD/sparc RELEASE base binary distribution.  You
22		MUST install this distribution set.  It contains the
23		base NetBSD utilities that are necessary for the
24		system to run and be minimally functional.  It
25		includes shared library support, and excludes
26		everything described below.
27		[ 8.0M gzipped, 24.4M uncompressed ]
28
29	comp11	The NetBSD/sparc Compiler tools.  All of the tools
30		relating to C, C++, and FORTRAN (yes, there are two!).
31		This set includes the system include files
32		(/usr/include), the linker, the compiler tool chain,
33		and the various system libraries (except the shared
34		libraries, which are included as part of the base
35		set).  This set also includes the manual pages for all
36		of the utilities it contains, as well as the system
37		call and library manual pages.
38		[ 5.4M gzipped, 17.6M uncompressed ]
39
40	etc11	This distribution set contains the system
41		configuration files that reside in /etc and in several
42		other places.  This set MUST be installed if you are
43		installing the system from scratch, but should NOT be
44		used if you are upgrading.  (If you are upgrading,
45		it's recommended that you get a copy of this set and
46		CAREFULLY upgrade your configuration files by hand.)
47		[ 62K gzipped, 338K uncompressed ]
48
49	games11	This set includes the games and their manual pages.
50		[ 2.9M gzipped, 7.4M uncompressed ]
51
52	man11	This set includes all of the manual pages for the
53		binaries and other software contained in the base set.
54		Note that it does not include any of the manual pages
55		that are included in the other sets.
56		[ 0.8M gzipped, 3.3M uncompressed ]
57
58	misc11	This set includes the system dictionaries (which are
59		rather large), the typesettable document set, and
60		man pages for other architectures which happen to be
61		installed from the source tree by default.
62		[ 1.9M gzipped, 6.6M uncompressed ]
63
64	text11	This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools,
65		including groff, all related programs, and their
66		manual pages.
67		[ 0.8M gzipped, 3.1M uncompressed ]
68
69The sparc security distribution set is named "secr11" and can be found
70in the "sparc/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD RELEASE distribution
71tree.  It contains crypt.c (the source file for the DES encryption
72algorithm) and the binaries which depend on it.  It can only be found
73on those sites which carry the complete NetBSD distribution and that
74can legally obtain it.  (Remember, because of United States law, this
75distribution set may not be exported to locations outside of the
76United States and Canada.)  [ 127K gzipped, 337K uncompressed ]
77
78The sparc binary distribution sets are distributed in the same form as
79the source distribution sets; catted together, the members of a set
80form a gzipped tar file.  Each sparc binary distribution set also has
81its own "CKSUMS" file, just as the source distribution sets do.  The
82binary sets are "rooted" at /, that is, if you want to extract the
83binaries "into" your system, i.e.  replace the system binaries with
84them, you have to run the "tar xfp" from /.  Also note that if you
85upgrade or install this way, those programs that you are using at the
86time will NOT be replaced.  If you follow the normal installation or
87upgrade procedures, this will be taken care of for you.
88
89The "sparc/install" directory contains an install script, and two
90GENERIC kernels.  As well, the distribution cannot be extracted using
91the SunOS "tar" program so SunOS statically-linked versions of gzip
92(GNU gzip) and gtar (GNU tar) are provided.
93