Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 20:55:00 +0000 (UTC) From: Dru Lavigne <dru@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r43775 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports Message-ID: <201402042055.s14Kt0mn053674@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: dru Date: Tue Feb 4 20:54:59 2014 New Revision: 43775 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43775 Log: Incorporate the missing details from the former updating-upgrading-portsnap into Procedure 5.1. Sponsored by: iXsystems Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Tue Feb 4 20:45:43 2014 (r43774) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml Tue Feb 4 20:54:59 2014 (r43775) @@ -890,13 +890,16 @@ Deinstalling ca_root_nss-3.15.1_1... don <procedure> <title>Portsnap Method</title> - <para><application>Portsnap</application> is a fast and + <para>The base system of &os; includes <application>Portsnap</application>. This is a fast and user-friendly tool for retrieving the Ports Collection and - is the recommended choice for most users.</para> + is the recommended choice for most users. This utility connects to a + &os; site, verifies the secure key, and downloads a new copy of + the Ports Collection. The key is used to verify the integrity + of all downloaded files.</para> <step> - <para>Download a compressed snapshot of the Ports Collection - into <filename>/var/db/portsnap</filename>.</para> + <para>To download a compressed snapshot of the Ports Collection + into <filename>/var/db/portsnap</filename>:</para> <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>portsnap fetch</userinput></screen> </step> @@ -917,6 +920,12 @@ Deinstalling ca_root_nss-3.15.1_1... don <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>portsnap fetch</userinput> &prompt.root; <userinput>portsnap update</userinput></screen> + + <para>When using <literal>fetch</literal>, the + <literal>extract</literal> or the <literal>update</literal> + operation may be run consecutively, like so:</para> + + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>portsnap fetch update</userinput></screen> </step> </procedure>
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