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authorTim Vanderhoek <hoek@FreeBSD.org>1998-12-30 17:32:47 +0000
committerTim Vanderhoek <hoek@FreeBSD.org>1998-12-30 17:32:47 +0000
commit3fea87d29e34e2da437d40a9b5df0ce2955ca388 (patch)
tree2ab4845fcce6aed0ee8d332a84a45189d9d288e2
parente188aa994dcdb518c8585d1f95521efb865b0f1e (diff)
Notes
-rw-r--r--share/man/man7/ports.724
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man7/ports.7 b/share/man/man7/ports.7
index d86d3a6713ce..9669f881a0a9 100644
--- a/share/man/man7/ports.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/ports.7
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id: ports.7,v 1.7 1998/06/23 04:38:50 hoek Exp $
+.\" $Id: ports.7,v 1.8 1998/06/29 06:54:34 hoek Exp $
.\"
.Dd January 25, 1998
.Dt PORTS 7
@@ -51,14 +51,21 @@ simply type
.Ic make install
to install the application.
.Pp
+It is possible to download and use ports from the FreeBSD repository
+that are newer than the installed system; however it is important to
+install the appropriate "Upgrade Kit" from http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ports/
+first! The
+.Xr portcheckout 1
+script (also a port, of course!) will help to download new ports.
+.Pp
For more information about using ports, see
.Nm The Ports Collection
(file:/usr/share/doc/handbook/ports.html --or--
-http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ports.html).
+http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/handbook/ports.html).
For information about creating new ports, see
.Nm Porting applications
(file:/usr/share/doc/handbook/porting.html --or--
-http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/porting.html).
+http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/handbook/porting.html).
Both are part of the FreeBSD Handbook.
.Pp
.Sh TARGETS
@@ -66,7 +73,8 @@ Both are part of the FreeBSD Handbook.
Some of the targets work recursively through subdirectories.
This lets you, for example, install all of the biology
ports. The targets that do this are
-.Ar build , checksum , clean , configure , extract , fetch , install ,
+.Ar build , checksum , clean , configure ,
+.Ar depends , extract , fetch , install ,
and
.Ar package .
.Pp
@@ -246,8 +254,6 @@ Command to use to fetch files. Normally
If set, overwrite any existing package registration on the system.
.It Ev MOTIFLIB
Location of libXm.{a,so}.
-.It Ev PATCH_DEBUG
-If defined, display verbose output when applying each patch.
.It Ev INTERACTIVE
If defined, only operate on a port if it requires interaction.
.It Ev BATCH
@@ -266,7 +272,11 @@ The big Kahuna.
.Xr pkg_add 1 ,
.Xr pkg_create 1 ,
.Xr pkg_delete 1 ,
-.Xr pkg_info 1 .
+.Xr pkg_info 1 ,
+.Xr portcheckout 1
+(a port),
+.Xr pib 1
+(also a port).
.Pp
The FreeBSD handbook
.Pp