Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 02:50:49 +0000 (UTC) From: Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r42291 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/ports Message-ID: <201307160250.r6G2onGX050516@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: wblock Date: Tue Jul 16 02:50:48 2013 New Revision: 42291 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42291 Log: Rewrite this section to get it to say what it was trying to say in a less circuitous fashion. Submitted by: jgh Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/ports/installing.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/ports/installing.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/ports/installing.xml Tue Jul 16 01:37:28 2013 (r42290) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/ports/installing.xml Tue Jul 16 02:50:48 2013 (r42291) @@ -19,13 +19,19 @@ <hr/> -<p>If you are installing FreeBSD from CD-ROM or an ftp site, the +<p>The &os; installer programs allow the Ports Collection to be + installed at the same time as the operating system. See + <a href="&base;/cgi/man.cgi?query=bsdinstall"><tt>bsdinstall</tt></a> + for &os; 9.X and later versions, or <a href="&base;/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall"><tt>sysinstall</tt></a> - application will allow you to install the Ports Collection directly.</p> + for &os; 8.X and earlier versions.</p> -<p>However, if you are not installing using that method, you may - <a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports/ports.tar.gz">; - download the gzipped tarball</a> for the entire ports hierarchy. The +<p>If the Ports Collection is not initially installed, it can be added with + <a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-portsnap.html"><tt>portsnap</tt></a> + or <a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/svn.html">Subversion</a>.</p> + +<p>A <a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports/ports.tar.gz">gzipped + tarball of the Ports Collection</a> can also be downloaded. The current size of the file is &ports.size;.</p> </body>
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