Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 17:29:30 +0000 (UTC) From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r41661 - projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports Message-ID: <201305181729.r4IHTUcI048360@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: trhodes Date: Sat May 18 17:29:30 2013 New Revision: 41661 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/41661 Log: Remove a one line section, fix up the introduction a bit. Modified: projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Modified: projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Sat May 18 01:56:17 2013 (r41660) +++ projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Sat May 18 17:29:30 2013 (r41661) @@ -337,22 +337,19 @@ Info: Lists information about open fil <title>Using Binary Packages</title> - <para>There are several different tools used to manage packages on - &os;:</para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para>The <command>sysinstall</command> utility can be invoked - on a running system to install, delete, and list available - and installed packages. For more information, see - <xref linkend="packages"/>.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>The package management command line tools, which are - the subject of the rest of this section.</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> + <para>At the present time, &os; is transitioning toward a new + method of package management. Users of the latest releases + may wish to investigate the benefits of using + <link linkend="pkgng-intro">PKGng</link> to manage third + party software on &os;. For those not yet migrated to the + <application>pkgng</application> tool, the tools discussed + here may be used for managing the package database. For + simplicity, the <command>sysinstall</command> utility is + also available post-install for package management.</para> + + <para>All package installation files are stored in the + package database directory, + <filename role="directory">/var/db/pkg</filename>.</para> <sect2> <title>Installing a Package</title> @@ -569,14 +566,6 @@ docbook = <para>in this case, all packages whose names start with <literal>xchat</literal> will be deleted.</para> </sect2> - - <sect2> - <title>Miscellaneous</title> - - <para>All package information, including the file list and - descriptions of each installed package is stored within the - <filename>/var/db/pkg</filename> directory.</para> - </sect2> </sect1> <sect1 id="pkgng-intro">
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