Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 12:45:22 GMT From: Daniel Ebdrup Jensen <debdrup@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 248a47a4c2fb - main - ports(7): Update instructions for package target Message-ID: <202102191245.11JCjM7i026543@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by debdrup (doc committer): URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=248a47a4c2fb229ae815fa61875b3f62a2d6856c commit 248a47a4c2fb229ae815fa61875b3f62a2d6856c Author: Daniel Ebdrup Jensen <debdrup@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2021-02-18 21:50:54 +0000 Commit: Daniel Ebdrup Jensen <debdrup@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2021-02-19 12:42:16 +0000 ports(7): Update instructions for package target Packages default to ending up in a different location compared to the documentation, so catch up to the implementation by referring to the location where packages can usually be found if no environment variables have been set. While here, also update the mention of the file extension to match the txz format that packages use. PR: 253179, 224370 Reported by: rwatson, jeromer at fastmail dotnet --- share/man/man7/ports.7 | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/man/man7/ports.7 b/share/man/man7/ports.7 index 0ee6ae7ee714..d428770f921c 100644 --- a/share/man/man7/ports.7 +++ b/share/man/man7/ports.7 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd November 10, 2020 +.Dd February 18, 2021 .Dt PORTS 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -284,17 +284,19 @@ from the system. Make a binary package for the port. The port will be installed if it has not already been. The package is a -.Pa .tbz +.Pa .txz file that you can use to install the port on other machines with .Xr pkg-add 8 . If the directory specified by .Va PACKAGES -does not exist, the package will be put into the current directory. +does not exist, the package will be put in +.Pa /usr/ports/category/port/work/pkg . See .Va PKGREPOSITORY and -.Va PKGFILE . +.Va PKGFILE +for more information. .It Cm package-recursive Like .Cm package ,
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