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| author | Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> | 2012-11-18 16:34:09 +0000 |
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| committer | Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> | 2012-11-18 16:34:09 +0000 |
| commit | 481974c226405db963640a5102d0a2684d9cb6d0 (patch) | |
| tree | 4f70f2861489efb2ae3a0224d4e3866ad993ba18 /share | |
| parent | 312d09e2feeab5f1c6cc63f7da2ee6822a82279c (diff) | |
| download | src-481974c226405db963640a5102d0a2684d9cb6d0.tar.gz src-481974c226405db963640a5102d0a2684d9cb6d0.zip | |
Modernize parts of the ports.7 manual page.
Approved by: bcr (mentor)
MFC after: 3 days
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=243241
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man7/ports.7 | 17 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man7/ports.7 b/share/man/man7/ports.7 index 29312da4f800..35a223113828 100644 --- a/share/man/man7/ports.7 +++ b/share/man/man7/ports.7 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd February 9, 2012 +.Dd November 18, 2012 .Dt PORTS 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Each .Em port contains any patches necessary to make the original application source code compile and run on -.Bx . +.Fx . Compiling an application is as simple as typing .Nm make Cm build @@ -56,19 +56,6 @@ simply type .Nm make Cm install to install the application. .Pp -It is possible to download and use ports from the -.Fx -repository -that are newer than the installed system; however it is important to -install the appropriate -.Dq "Upgrade Kit" -from -.Pa http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/ -first! -The -.Xr portcheckout 1 Pq Pa ports/ports-mgmt/portcheckout -script (also a port, of course!) will help to download new ports. -.Pp For more information about using ports, see .Dq "Packages and Ports" in |