diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b74d174..a77b576 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,18 @@ +# NOTE: I have been enlightened by `pkgsrc` + +This script was originally my own hacky way of locally installing +things that I built from source or things that I generally did not +want polluting my system's `/bin` directories. I recently found out +about `pkgsrc`, and that has since replaced my need for this script +with very few exceptions. There are certain things that are not +available in `pkgsrc`, and other times you may want to build the +latest `trunk/master/main` version instead of the stable release. + +http://pkgsrc.org/ + # Localinstall + This is a simple script that symlinks files into my `~/.local/bin` directory. I have this directory already part of my `PATH` environment variable, so this allows me to effectively "install" stuff for just my @@ -90,8 +103,8 @@ cmake DESTDIR=$HOME --install ./ # Copyright -I think this script is too small to reasonably apply copyright -to. It is in the Public Domain. - +I think this script is too small to reasonably apply copyright to. It +is in the Public Domain. You may use it for any purpose without +restrictions. [1]: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/envvar/DESTDIR.html#envvar:DESTDIR