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Date:      Fri, 31 Jul 2020 07:37:08 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Piotr Pawel Stefaniak <pstef@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-12@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r363724 - stable/12/share/man/man7
Message-ID:  <202007310737.06V7b8bp092489@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: pstef
Date: Fri Jul 31 07:37:08 2020
New Revision: 363724
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/363724

Log:
  MFC r363268:
  Promote use of unprivileged users for building ports by documenting SU_CMD.
  Phrasing by Daniel O'Connor.
  
  Reviewed by:	0mp
  Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D25433

Modified:
  stable/12/share/man/man7/ports.7
Directory Properties:
  stable/12/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/12/share/man/man7/ports.7
==============================================================================
--- stable/12/share/man/man7/ports.7	Fri Jul 31 02:21:19 2020	(r363723)
+++ stable/12/share/man/man7/ports.7	Fri Jul 31 07:37:08 2020	(r363724)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd August 16, 2018
+.Dd July 17, 2020
 .Dt PORTS 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -390,6 +390,14 @@ Where to find/put distfiles, normally
 .Pa distfiles/
 in
 .Va PORTSDIR .
+.It Va SU_CMD
+Command used to elevate privilege to configure and install a port.
+The unprivileged user must have write access to
+.Va WRKDIRPREFIX
+and
+.Va DISTDIR .
+The default is
+.Ql /usr/bin/su root -c
 .It Va PACKAGES
 Used only for the
 .Cm package



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