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| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man7/ports.7 | 13 |
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diff --git a/share/man/man7/ports.7 b/share/man/man7/ports.7 index cbc61d11948b..5a654264a212 100644 --- a/share/man/man7/ports.7 +++ b/share/man/man7/ports.7 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 6, 2014 +.Dd November 1, 2020 .Dt PORTS 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -372,6 +372,17 @@ Where to find/put distfiles, normally .Pa distfiles/ in .Va PORTSDIR . +.It Va SU_CMD +Command used to elevate privilege to configure and install a port. +The unprivileged user must have write access to +.Va WRKDIRPREFIX +and +.Va DISTDIR . +The default is +.Ql /usr/bin/su root -c . +Many users set it to +.Ql /usr/local/bin/sudo -E sh -c +for convenience. .It Va PACKAGES Used only for the .Cm package |