From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 18 13:09:40 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3E7E16A4CE for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:09:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.198.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCDA543D4C for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:09:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from zettel@acm.org) Received: from [192.168.0.4] (bgp966574bgs.derbrn01.mi.comcast.net[68.41.108.205]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with ESMTP id <2004081813093901500sf7age>; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:09:39 +0000 From: Leonard Zettel To: Oliver Eikemeier Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:12:29 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <58215A0C-F10F-11D8-A951-00039312D914@fillmore-labs.com> In-Reply-To: <58215A0C-F10F-11D8-A951-00039312D914@fillmore-labs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200408180912.29072.zettel@acm.org> cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Handbook 4.2 - ports overview X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:09:40 -0000 On Wednesday 18 August 2004 08:08 am, Oliver Eikemeier wrote: > Leonard Zettel wrote: > > Well, this struggling newbie, using vanilla stuff lying around, > > has managed to get at least three examples of what he would > > call ports trees on his system. One is for executables, and > > two are connected with documentation. This led me to say > > "a". > > Hmmm... sorry, I don't get it. How do they differ? > First, I apologize for not saying earlier "thank you for your Interest" (and patience with an ignorant newbie). On my system at the moment /usr/ports contains make files used to build executables. /usr/doc contains make files that build documentation. /usr/www contains make files that build documentation related to the FreeBSD web site. I guess it boils down to whether "ports tree" means "something that builds system executables" or "something that contains make files". If the former, then is /usr/doc a doc tree? Is there a community consensus on these terms? -LenZ- > -Oliver