From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 17 22:50:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36B67106566B for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:50:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eitan.adler@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.229]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B4498FC08 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:49:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eitan.adler@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so4427191rvf.43 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:49:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition; bh=WUuXZ8wC5nzHOk7tIsQ6y+EP95C3pjdSpS4TzLUlldY=; b=Dgx3U1LCpgVLRF/4POTvdQFXauIlaToAJ+dOE28CZ+YMHsTaO8tQCCz8A/UP0xL4kE vD9Kkaa02i5ICnnIAxWoJMoISm3guXgawMIDfXsp+mSe8+YRQRKI3Rx2nrEG+mi4wPSo +Hp6IvpJCAP+ipvXEyoHRcoJESdVzA2FbZjmg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=V2XTXq1qyv6kCoBg8SbT4PagMtHE0xC2Td/fPDi4biXwDoOnCNZVqGC17BD1j4d+IU VeTMb19rkTyimu/J+PIkPco/XOWNukRoKIhqUFH0dHL1Hfm9Xxp5PN6ZNqTGyU1igDQ0 Xp7SDb9zv8pWAaNo8HuYFlHcabAkK635uuKYY= Received: by 10.141.190.9 with SMTP id s9mr6885546rvp.290.1221691795452; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:49:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.143.17 with HTTP; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:49:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:49:55 -0400 From: "Eitan Adler" To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: proposal man ports change X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:50:01 -0000 man ports has -- It is possible to download and use ports from the FreeBSD repository that are newer than the installed system; however it is important to install the appropriate ``Upgrade Kit'' from http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/ first! The portcheckout(1) (ports/ports-mgmt/portcheckout) script (also a port, of course!) will help to download new ports. Which as far as I know is not used that often. Also man ports makes no mention of "make update" or portsnap. Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html