From eee58921bc932e77b52a0afa5e90582fbddcb898 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Enno Boland Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 13:37:07 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] README.md: break lines to fit in 80 cols. --- README.md | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 55f04b1c..9d5c656b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,31 +1,40 @@ ## XBPS -The X Binary Package System (in short XBPS) is a binary package system **designed and implemented from scratch**. Its goal is to be fast, easy to use, bug-free, featureful and portable as much as possible. +The X Binary Package System (in short XBPS) is a binary package system +**designed and implemented from scratch**. Its goal is to be fast, easy to use, +bug-free, featureful and portable as much as possible. -The XBPS code is totally **compatible with POSIX/SUSv2/C99 standards**, and released with a **Simplified BSD license (2 clause)**. There is a well documented API provided by the XBPS Library that is the basis for its frontends to handle binary packages and repositories. Some highlights: +The XBPS code is totally **compatible with POSIX/SUSv2/C99 standards**, and +released with a **Simplified BSD license (2 clause)**. There is a well +documented API provided by the XBPS Library that is the basis for its frontends +to handle binary packages and repositories. Some highlights: * Supports **multiple local and remote repositories** (HTTP/HTTPS/FTP). * **RSA signed remote repositories** (NEW in 0.27). * **SHA256 hashes** for package metadata, files and binary packages. - * Supports **package states** (ala dpkg) to mitigate broken package installs/updates. + * Supports **package states** (ala dpkg) to mitigate broken package + installs/updates. * Ability to **resume** partial package install/updates. * Ability to **unpack only files that have been modified** in package updates. * Ability to use **virtual packages**. - * Ability to **check for incompatible shared libraries in reverse dependencies**. + * Ability to **check for incompatible shared libraries in reverse + dependencies**. * Ability to **replace packages**. * Ability to **put packages on hold** (to never update them. NEW in 0.16). * Ability to **preserve/update configuration files**. * Ability to **force reinstallation** of any installed package. * Ability to **downgrade any** installed package. * Ability to **execute pre/post install/remove/update scriptlets**. - * Ability to **check package integrity**: missing files, hashes, missing or unresolved (reverse)dependencies, dangling or modified symlinks, etc. + * Ability to **check package integrity**: missing files, hashes, missing or + unresolved (reverse)dependencies, dangling or modified symlinks, etc. * **Low memory** footprint. * **Fast** dependency resolver and sorting algorithms. ### Getting source code -Starting with **0.26** there are not source tarballs anymore. **git** must be used to clone -the repository with the appropiate tag. The latest stable version can be fetched with: +Starting with **0.26** there are not source tarballs anymore. **git** must be +used to clone the repository with the appropiate tag. The latest stable version +can be fetched with: $ git clone -b git://github.com/xtraeme/xbps.git @@ -44,8 +53,10 @@ To build this you'll need: and optionally: - - [graphviz](http://www.graphviz.org) and [doxygen](http://www.doxygen.org) (--enable-api-docs) to build API documentation. - - [atf >= 0.15](http://code.google.com/p/kyua) (--enable-tests) to build the Kyua test suite. + - [graphviz](http://www.graphviz.org) and [doxygen](http://www.doxygen.org) + (--enable-api-docs) to build API documentation. + - [atf >= 0.15](http://code.google.com/p/kyua) (--enable-tests) to build the + Kyua test suite. ### Build instructions @@ -57,8 +68,9 @@ make -jX make install ``` -By default PREFIX is set `/usr/local` and may be changed by setting `--prefix` in the -`configure` script. The `DESTDIR` variable is also supported at the install stage. +By default PREFIX is set `/usr/local` and may be changed by setting `--prefix` +in the `configure` script. The `DESTDIR` variable is also supported at the +install stage. There are some more options that can be tweaked, see them with `./configure --help'.