From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 18 13:23:15 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 C8AEE16A4CE for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:23:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (blackend.org [212.11.35.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABD5443D49 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:23:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i7IDLeHe082444; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 15:21:40 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by abigail.blackend.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i7IDLdO6082443; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 15:21:39 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc) Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 15:21:38 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille To: Leonard Zettel Message-ID: <20040818132138.GB78450@abigail.blackend.org> References: <58215A0C-F10F-11D8-A951-00039312D914@fillmore-labs.com> <200408180912.29072.zettel@acm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200408180912.29072.zettel@acm.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.10-PRERELEASE 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 13:23:15 -0000 On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 09:12:29AM -0400, Leonard Zettel wrote: > 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? "The FreeBSD Ports Collection", the ports tree, etc. It's "the" since it's FreeBSD's one, a particular one. Using "a" makes me thing there are many ports tree. Marc