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| author | Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-11-07 06:37:02 +0000 |
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| committer | Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-11-07 06:37:02 +0000 |
| commit | 18bc479983c8a4de089233d9d352e5035d455cfe (patch) | |
| tree | ef34687c11c0adb735aed82a152a9bc096d93bbf | |
| parent | d44ea9af8ab7cf88d181be255ffa98a27dd6bdf9 (diff) | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | handbook/ports.sgml | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/handbook/ports.sgml b/handbook/ports.sgml index 3325ffe39d..ea2c0798bf 100644 --- a/handbook/ports.sgml +++ b/handbook/ports.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: ports.sgml,v 1.31 1998-10-04 01:14:38 jkh Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: ports.sgml,v 1.32 1998-11-07 06:37:02 asami Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <chapt><heading>Installing Applications: The Ports collection<label id="ports"></heading> @@ -207,7 +207,13 @@ latest version of the port you want, you will need to download the might sound like rather a fiddly job full of pitfalls, but it is actually very easy. <p> -The key to it is that the FreeBSD FTP server can create on-the-fly +First, if you are running a release version of FreeBSD, make sure you +get the appropriate ``upgrade kit'' for your release from the <htmlurl +url="http://www.freebsd.org/ports/" name="ports page">. These +packages include files that have been updated since the release that +you may need to compile new ports. +<p> +The key to the skeletons is that the FreeBSD FTP server can create on-the-fly <ref id="ports:tarball" name="tarballs"> for you. Here is how it works, with the gnats program in the databases directory as an example (the bits in square brackets are comments. Do not type them in if you are @@ -284,7 +290,7 @@ installed. Here is the Makefile for ElectricFence:- # Date created: 13 November 1997 # Whom: jraynard # -# $Id: ports.sgml,v 1.31 1998-10-04 01:14:38 jkh Exp $ +# $Id: ports.sgml,v 1.32 1998-11-07 06:37:02 asami Exp $ # DISTNAME= ElectricFence-2.0.5 @@ -310,7 +316,8 @@ of human readers (as in most Unix script files). name="tarball">, but without the extension. <p> `CATEGORIES" states what kind of program this is. In this case, a -utility for developers. +utility for developers. See the <ref id="porting:categories" +name="categories"> section of this handbook for a complete list. <p> `MASTER_SITES" is the URL(s) of the master FTP site, which is used to retrieve the <ref id="ports:tarball" name="tarball"> if it is not |