From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 21 23:28:18 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 733F4106564A for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:28:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sahil@tandon.net) Received: from spartan.hamla.org (spartan.hamla.org [206.251.255.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 522108FC0A for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:28:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spartan.hamla.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3BD417132; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:28:17 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=tandon.net; h= user-agent:in-reply-to:content-disposition:content-type :content-type:mime-version:references:reply-to:message-id :subject:subject:from:from:date:date:received:received; s=aegis; t=1287703697; bh=Kc9E+6Uva53FWeHAMIqAdcHgSt1atk/n1EC9Hy9//30=; b= LKoQ77S555xQ/b6cLNlCrzjxPDIPPusqWJlNieYR98jnGG8GI+44YBOQzpuQ9B6/ Oau4hRvIraF8J5UX912Nmbf1zisNg+EWzdS90WK/GwEfh7DBOojn/4ykg2mcvPTj Kldw+9BUU3hHF4WdvRFmKenwj+FWzzKpPOka0mLD8BI= X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV at spartan.hamla.org Received: from spartan.hamla.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (spartan.hamla.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10027) with LMTP id 3vMx6Dt5QDmc; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:28:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from magic.hamla.org (cpe-69-201-179-80.nyc.res.rr.com [69.201.179.80]) by spartan.hamla.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3F5AF17117; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:28:17 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:28:10 -0400 From: Sahil Tandon To: Carsten Jensen Message-ID: <20101021232810.GA14629@magic.hamla.org> References: <4CBFFF10.30603@tomse.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4CBFFF10.30603@tomse.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Correction of the Ports documentation X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:28:18 -0000 [replying on-list for posterity] On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 10:51:28 +0200, Carsten Jensen wrote: > I followed the ports guide on freebsd.org perhaps you could get > someone to fix the documentation there if my package is wrong. > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/porting-submitting.html I do not see a problem with that section of the document; perhaps you did not fully adhere to the following (emphasis mine): "assuming your port is called oneko, cd to the directory *above* where the oneko directory is located, and then type the following: shar `find oneko` > oneko.shar" -- Sahil Tandon