Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 01:38:10 GMT From: Drahos Cagan <drahos_1@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/178763: Consistency updates for packages and ports docs Message-ID: <201305190138.r4J1cA9t074613@oldred.FreeBSD.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201305190140.r4J1e04I065579@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 178763 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Consistency updates for packages and ports docs >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun May 19 01:40:00 UTC 2013 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Drahos Cagan >Release: 9.1 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #0 r243825: Tue Dec 4 09:23:10 UTC 2012 root@farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: I am submitting a patch for a few inconsistencies that I found in the ports documentation (attached below). >How-To-Repeat: Look at the file en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml >Fix: Apply the patch attached below. Patch attached with submission follows: Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml =================================================================== --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml (revision 41665) +++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml (working copy) @@ -310,7 +320,7 @@ <command>make <maketarget>quicksearch</maketarget> key=<replaceable>string</replaceable></command>, where <replaceable>string</replaceable> is some text to search - for. The text can be comments, descriptions or dependencies + for. The text can be in comments, descriptions, or dependencies in order to find ports which relate to a particular subject when the name of the program is unknown.</para> @@ -413,7 +423,7 @@ <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. + FTP/HTTP proxy. See &man.fetch.3; for the complete list of variables. Note that in the example above <literal>lsof</literal> is used instead of <literal>lsof-4.56.4</literal>. When the remote fetching feature is used, the version number of the package @@ -439,7 +449,7 @@ available from <ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages/"></ulink>, or the <filename>/packages</filename> directory of the &os; - DVD distribution. The layout of the packages is similar to + 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> @@ -494,18 +504,19 @@ <row> <entry>=</entry> <entry>The version of the installed package matches the - one found in the local ports tree.</entry> + one in the local ports tree.</entry> </row> <row> <entry><</entry> - <entry>The installed version is older than the one - available in the local ports tree.</entry> + <entry>The version of the installed package is older + than the one in the local ports tree.</entry> </row> <row> - <entry>></entry><entry>The installed version is newer - than the one found in the local ports tree, meaning + <entry>></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> >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:home | help
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