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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml index 6187655bd4..6f9f64f802 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml @@ -2430,8 +2430,11 @@ doc/zh_*</screen> <note> <para>In the default installation <filename role="directory">/usr/ports</filename> is not - created. It should be created before - <command>portsnap</command> is used.</para> + created. If you run &os; 6.0-RELEASE, it should be created before + <command>portsnap</command> is used. On more recent + versions of &os; or <application>Portsnap</application> + port, this operation will be done automatically at first use + of the <command>portsnap</command> command.<para> </note> </sect2> @@ -2474,7 +2477,7 @@ doc/zh_*</screen> <command>cron</command> job, since it is liable to cause major problems if it happens to run at the same time as a port is being built or installed. However, it is safe to update - the ports INDEX files, and this can be done by passing the + the ports <filename>INDEX</filename> files, and this can be done by passing the <option>-I</option> flag to <command>portsnap</command>. (Obviously, if <command>portsnap -I update</command> is run from @@ -2484,7 +2487,7 @@ doc/zh_*</screen> <para>Adding the following line to <filename>/etc/crontab</filename> will cause <command>portsnap</command> to update its - compressed snapshot and the INDEX files in + compressed snapshot and the <filename>INDEX</filename> files in <filename>/usr/ports/</filename>, and will send an email if any installed ports are out of date:</para> |