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RCS file: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/share/man/man7/release.7,v
rcsdiff: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/share/man/man7/release.7,v: warning: Unknown phrases like `commitid ...;' are present.
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -p -r1.9 -r1.10
--- src/share/man/man7/release.7	2000/10/05 15:47:04	1.9
+++ src/share/man/man7/release.7	2000/10/06 02:42:20	1.10
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: release.7,v 1.9 2000/10/05 15:47:04 lukem Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: release.7,v 1.10 2000/10/06 02:42:20 hubertf Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1997, 2000 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -162,6 +162,98 @@ Unless otherwise noted, all files may be
 .Em <machine_arch>
 or machine-independent files located in their respective directory
 hierarchies.
+
+Sources should be put into
+.Sy .../NetBSD- Ns Em <rel> Ns Sy /source/
+using the following layout:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width "source/"
+.It Sy source/
+Source codes of the operating system and patches for it. 
+.Bl -tag -width "patches/"
+.It Sy patches/
+This directory contains various patch files appropriate for
+.Xr patch 1 .
+Other patches may exist for fixing critical problems.
+.Bl -tag -width "diff-1.4.1-to-1.4.2.gz"
+.It Sy BSDSUM
+.It Sy CKSUM
+.It Sy MD5
+.It Sy README
+.It Sy SYSVSUM
+.It Xo
+.Sm off
+.Sy diff-
+.Em <lastrel>
+.Sy -
+.Em <rel>
+.Sy .gz
+.Sm on
+.Xc
+Diff against the last release, usually generatec by
+.Cm cvs rdiff .
+For patche releases, diffs against the last release
+are included.  If the last release was a patch release itself, the
+diff is against that patch release is included. 
+.El
+.It Sy sets/
+Sources for the various system sets, based on their modules
+in the CVS server.
+.\" XXX how are these generated? Seperate checkout of each module?
+.Bl -tag -width "sharesrc.tgz"
+.It Sy BSDSUM
+.It Sy CKSUM
+.It Sy MD5
+.It Sy README
+.It Sy SYSVSUM
+.It Sy Split/
+installation sets split with the
+.Xr split 1
+command.
+.Bl -tag -width "gnusrc.aa"
+.It Sy BSDSUM
+.It Sy CKSUM
+.It Sy MD5
+.It Sy SYSVSUM
+.It Sy gnusrc.aa
+.It Sy gnusrc.ab
+.It Sy ...
+.El
+.It Sy gnusrc.tgz
+Contains sources for all GPLed and possibly other programs that
+contains restrictions in their licensing that prevent others from
+using these programs in closed-source environments. 
+.It Sy pkgsrc.tgz
+Package-sources for third party software ready to compile. See
+pkgsrc/README for more information. 
+.It Sy sharesrc.tgz
+Contains machine-independent data files that can be shared across
+architectures/systems. 
+.It Sy src.tgz
+The operating system's userland source code, including all programs,
+tools, toolchain, etc. 
+.It Sy syssrc.tgz
+Kernel sources for all architectures plus sources of the tools needed
+to build kernels
+.Xr (config 8 , ...).
+.It Sy xsrc.tgz
+Source code of the X Window System used on all NetBSD architectures.
+Includes X clients and servers. 
+.El
+.El
+.El
+.Pp
+The release in
+.Sm off
+.Xo
+.Sy .../NetBSD-
+.Em <rel>
+.Sy /
+.Em <machine>
+.Sy /
+.Xc
+.Sm on
+follows the following layout:
 .Bl -tag -width "installation/"
 .It Sy SOURCE_DATE
 a file containing the date, in UTC, of the source code from which the