Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:18:28 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r39483 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/ports Message-ID: <201208312318.q7VNISrH010865@svn.freebsd.org>
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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>; -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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