From owner-dev-commits-doc-all@freebsd.org Tue Jun 29 20:34:35 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: dev-commits-doc-all@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E63136526C7 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2021 20:34:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4GDx6M5y8dz4R2k; Tue, 29 Jun 2021 20:34:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org (gitrepo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:5]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B53441FDEC; Tue, 29 Jun 2021 20:34:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.44]) by gitrepo.freebsd.org (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTP id 15TKYZqd020718; Tue, 29 Jun 2021 20:34:35 GMT (envelope-from git@gitrepo.freebsd.org) Received: (from git@localhost) by gitrepo.freebsd.org (8.16.1/8.16.1/Submit) id 15TKYZGX020717; Tue, 29 Jun 2021 20:34:35 GMT (envelope-from git) Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 20:34:35 GMT Message-Id: <202106292034.15TKYZGX020717@gitrepo.freebsd.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org From: Ceri Davies Subject: git: 554d62acd0 - main - handbook/ports: Note that portsnap only tracks the main branch. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: ceri X-Git-Repository: doc X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/main X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: 554d62acd0880b3f8f9ad6f10d3f302915e7a37a Auto-Submitted: auto-generated X-BeenThere: dev-commits-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Commit messages for all branches of the doc repository List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 20:34:36 -0000 The branch main has been updated by ceri: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=554d62acd0880b3f8f9ad6f10d3f302915e7a37a commit 554d62acd0880b3f8f9ad6f10d3f302915e7a37a Author: Ceri Davies AuthorDate: 2021-06-29 20:32:05 +0000 Commit: Ceri Davies CommitDate: 2021-06-29 20:32:05 +0000 handbook/ports: Note that portsnap only tracks the main branch. PR: 251279 Reported by: Fred Reviewed by: crees Obtained from: bjk Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D27843 --- documentation/content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc index 38d84a4154..d5dda2a9ab 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc @@ -670,6 +670,13 @@ This is a fast and user-friendly tool for retrieving the Ports Collection and is This utility connects to a FreeBSD 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. +Note that Portsnap updates are generated from a snapshot of the main +branch of the Ports Collection and cannot be configured to use a +different branch (for example, `quarterly`). +If it is necessary to use a different branch of the Ports Collection +(for instance as referenced earlier in conjunction with binary +packages), then the <> must be used. + . To download a compressed snapshot of the Ports Collection into [.filename]#/var/db/portsnap#: + [source,shell]