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Date:      Fri, 11 Mar 2016 06:41:47 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Benedict Reuschling <bcr@FreeBSD.org>
To:        doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r48368 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports
Message-ID:  <201603110641.u2B6fl1A093242@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: bcr
Date: Fri Mar 11 06:41:46 2016
New Revision: 48368
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/48368

Log:
  Remove a commented out section anout pkg_ from the ports chapter.
  
  Reviewed by:		wblock
  Committed at:		AsiaBSDcon DevSummit 2016
  Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D4648

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml	Fri Mar 11 03:15:43 2016	(r48367)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml	Fri Mar 11 06:41:46 2016	(r48368)
@@ -391,234 +391,6 @@ Info:   Lists information about open fil
     </itemizedlist>
   </sect1>
 
-    <!--
-  <sect1 xml:id="packages-using">
-    <sect1info>
-      <authorgroup>
-	<author>
-	  <firstname>Chern</firstname>
-	  <surname>Lee</surname>
-	  <contrib>Contributed by </contrib>
-	</author>
-      </authorgroup>
-    </sect1info>
-
-    <title>Using Binary Packages</title>
-
-    <para>At the present time, &os; is transitioning toward a new
-      method of package management.  Users
-      may wish to investigate the benefits of using
-      <link linkend="pkgng-intro">pkg</link> to manage third-party
-      software on &os;.  This section describes the traditional method
-      for managing binary packages and only applies to those users
-      who have not yet migrated to the
-      <application>pkg</application> format.</para>
-
-    <para>This method of package management uses a package database
-      directory, <filename>/var/db/pkg</filename>,
-      to track installed software versions and the files installed
-      with each application.  Several utilities interact with the
-      database directory and are used to manage binary packages.
-      These commands begin with <literal>pkg_</literal>.  This section
-      provides an overview of the commands which are used to install,
-      delete, and gather information about binary packages.  Each
-      command provides many switches to customize its operation.
-      Refer to the listed man pages for more details and further usage
-      examples.</para>
-
-    <sect2>
-      <title>Installing a Package</title>
-
-      <indexterm>
-	<primary>packages</primary>
-	<secondary>installing</secondary>
-      </indexterm>
-
-      <indexterm>
-	<primary><command>pkg_add</command></primary>
-      </indexterm>
-      <para>To install a binary package from a local &os; media or
-	a remote &os; package server, use &man.pkg.add.1;.  While a
-	&os; media can provide a source of local packages without
-	requiring a network connection, it may not contain the latest
-	versions of binary packages as new versions are always being
-	rebuilt for the &os; package servers.  To install from a
-	package server, always include <option>-r</option> (for
-	remote) with &man.pkg.add.1;.  This automatically determines
-	the correct object format and release, and then fetches and
-	installs the package from a package server without any
-	further user intervention.</para>
-
-      <indexterm>
-	<primary><command>pkg_add</command></primary>
-      </indexterm>
-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r <replaceable>lsof</replaceable></userinput></screen>
-
-      <para>In this example, <literal>lsof</literal> is used without
-	specifying a version number as the version is not included
-	when the remote fetching feature is used.  To specify an
-	alternative &os; FTP mirror, specify the mirror in the
-	<envar>PACKAGESITE</envar> environment variable.
-	&man.pkg.add.1; uses &man.fetch.3; to download files, which
-	uses various environment variables, including
-	<envar>FTP_PASSIVE_MODE</envar>, <envar>FTP_PROXY</envar>,
-	and <envar>FTP_PASSWORD</envar>.  You may need to set one or
-	more of these if you are behind a firewall, or need to use
-	an FTP/HTTP proxy.  See &man.fetch.3; for the complete list
-	of FTP-related variables.</para>
-
-      <note>
-	<para>&man.pkg.add.1; will automatically download the latest
-	  version of the application if you are using &os.current; or
-	  &os.stable;.  If you run a -RELEASE version, it instead
-	  installs the version of the package that was built with that
-	  release.  It is possible to change this behavior by
-	  overriding <envar>PACKAGESITE</envar>.  For example, on a
-	  &os;&nbsp;9.1-RELEASE system, by default &man.pkg.add.1;
-	  will try to fetch packages from
-	  <literal>ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-9.1-release/Latest/</literal>.
-	  To force &man.pkg.add.1; to download &os;&nbsp;9-STABLE
-	  packages, set <envar>PACKAGESITE</envar> to
-	  <literal>ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-9-stable/Latest/</literal>.</para>;
-      </note>
-
-      <para>Package files are distributed in the
-	<filename>.tbz</filename> format.  Packages are available
-	from <uri
-	  xlink:href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages/">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages/</uri>;
-	or the <filename>/packages</filename> directory of the &os;
-	DVD distribution.  The layout of the packages directory is
-	similar to that of the <filename>/usr/ports</filename> tree.
-	Each category has its own directory, and every package can be
-	found within the <filename>All</filename> directory.</para>
-    </sect2>
-
-    <sect2>
-      <title>Managing Packages</title>
-
-      <indexterm>
-	<primary>packages</primary>
-	<secondary>managing</secondary>
-      </indexterm>
-
-      <para>To list and describe
-	installed packages, use &man.pkg.info.1;:</para>
-
-      <indexterm>
-	<primary><command>pkg_info</command></primary>
-      </indexterm>
-
-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_info</userinput>
-colordiff-1.0.13    Tool to colorize diff output
-docbook-1.4         Meta-port for the different versions of the DocBook DTD
-...</screen>
-
-      <para>To receive a summary of the versions of all installed
-	packages and a comparison of the installed package versions
-	to the current versions found in the locally installed ports
-	tree, use &man.pkg.version.1;:</para>
-
-      <indexterm>
-	<primary><command>pkg_version</command></primary>
-      </indexterm>
-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_version</userinput>
-colordiff                   =
-docbook                     =
-...</screen>
-
-      <para>The symbols in the second column indicate the relative
-	age of the installed version and the version available in the
-	local ports tree.</para>
-
-      <informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
-	<tgroup cols="2">
-	  <thead>
-	    <row>
-	      <entry>Symbol</entry>
-	      <entry>Meaning</entry>
-	    </row>
-	  </thead>
-
-	  <tbody>
-	    <row>
-	      <entry>=</entry>
-	      <entry>The version of the installed package matches the
-		one in the local ports tree.</entry>
-	    </row>
-
-	    <row>
-	      <entry>&lt;</entry>
-	      <entry>The version of the installed package is older
-		than the one in the local ports tree.</entry>
-	    </row>
-
-	    <row>
-	      <entry>&gt;</entry>
-	      <entry>The version of the installed package is newer
-		than the one in the local ports tree, meaning
-		that the local ports tree is probably out of
-		date.</entry>
-	    </row>
-
-	    <row>
-	      <entry>?</entry>
-	      <entry>The installed package cannot be found in the
-		ports index.  This can happen when an installed port
-		is removed from the Ports Collection or is
-		renamed.</entry>
-	    </row>
-
-	    <row>
-	      <entry>*</entry>
-	      <entry>There are multiple versions of the
-		package.</entry>
-	    </row>
-
-	    <row>
-	      <entry>!</entry>
-
-	      <entry>The installed package exists in the index but for
-		some reason <command>pkg_version</command> was unable
-		to compare the version number of the installed package
-		with the corresponding entry in the index.</entry>
-	    </row>
-	  </tbody>
-	</tgroup>
-      </informaltable>
-    </sect2>
-
-    <sect2>
-      <title>Deleting a Package</title>
-
-      <indexterm>
-	<primary><command>pkg_delete</command></primary>
-      </indexterm>
-
-      <indexterm>
-	<primary>packages</primary>
-	<secondary>deleting</secondary>
-      </indexterm>
-
-      <para>To remove a previously installed software package, use
-	&man.pkg.delete.1;:</para>
-
-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_delete <replaceable>xchat-2.8.8_1</replaceable></userinput></screen>
-
-      <para>Note that &man.pkg.delete.1; requires the full package
-	name and number and that the above command would not work if
-	<replaceable>xchat</replaceable> was given instead of
-	<replaceable>xchat-2.8.8_1</replaceable>.  Use
-	&man.pkg.version.1; to find the version of the installed
-	package, or use a wildcard:</para>
-
-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_delete <replaceable>xchat\*</replaceable></userinput></screen>
-
-      <para>in this case, all packages whose names start with
-	<literal>xchat</literal> will be deleted.</para>
-    </sect2>
-  </sect1>
-    -->
-
   <sect1 xml:id="pkgng-intro">
     <title>Using <application>pkg</application> for Binary Package
       Management</title>



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