Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:30:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> To: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r39483 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/ports Message-ID: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1208311930140.861@multics.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <201208312318.q7VNISrH010865@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201208312318.q7VNISrH010865@svn.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, 31 Aug 2012, Eitan Adler wrote: > Author: eadler (src,ports committer) > Date: Fri Aug 31 23:18:28 2012 > New Revision: 39483 > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/39483 > > Log: > Prefer linking to the handbook instead of maintaining instructions in > two different places. In addition the linked instructions are out of > dated. > > Don't give bad advice of downloading a single port at a time. This > rarely works and is unsupported. > > Approved by: brd > > Modified: > head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/ports/index.sgml > > Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/ports/index.sgml > ============================================================================== > --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/ports/index.sgml Fri Aug 31 22:37:31 2012 (r39482) > +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/ports/index.sgml Fri Aug 31 23:18:28 2012 (r39483) > @@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ be committed. > <P>Each ``port'' listed here > contains any patches necessary to make the original application source > code compile and run on FreeBSD. Installing an application is as > -simple as downloading the port, unpacking it and typing > +simple as typing > <A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=make"><TT>make</TT></A>; Surely 'make install' would be needed in order to actually install the application... -Ben Kaduk > -in the port directory. However, the most convenient (and common) method > -is to download the framework for the entire list of ports by installing the > +in the port directory. If you > +download the framework for the entire list of ports by installing the > <!--<A HREF="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports/ports.tar.gz">-->; > -<A HREF="installing.html"> > -entire ports hierarchy</A> at FreeBSD installation time, and then have > +<A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html#PORTS-TREE">; > +ports hierarchy</A>, you can have > thousands of applications right at your fingertips. > </P> > >
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