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Subject: Re: Where are conventions like -devel ports documented?
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Op zo 25 mrt 2012 23:24:59 schreef Gerald Pfeifer:
> Perhaps I am missing the obvious and will be rewarded with
> embarrassement, but where are conventions like the use and
> naming of -devel ports described?
> 
> I would have expected this to be covered in
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.html
> but -- it is not.
> 

Try this section:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.html#PORTING-PKGNAME