Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 12:28:57 +0000 (UTC) From: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-12@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r367707 - stable/12/share/man/man7 Message-ID: <202011151228.0AFCSvgX093125@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: 0mp (doc,ports committer) Date: Sun Nov 15 12:28:57 2020 New Revision: 367707 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/367707 Log: MFC r367253: Document how to use sudo for SU_CMD It is rather common for the ports users to replace su(1) with sudo(8) within the SU_CMD variable. Let's document it in the manual page (so far it's been hidden in a comment within bsd.commands.mk). Modified: stable/12/share/man/man7/ports.7 Directory Properties: stable/12/ (props changed) Modified: stable/12/share/man/man7/ports.7 ============================================================================== --- stable/12/share/man/man7/ports.7 Sun Nov 15 11:56:16 2020 (r367706) +++ stable/12/share/man/man7/ports.7 Sun Nov 15 12:28:57 2020 (r367707) @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 17, 2020 +.Dd November 1, 2020 .Dt PORTS 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -390,7 +390,10 @@ The unprivileged user must have write access to and .Va DISTDIR . The default is -.Ql /usr/bin/su root -c +.Ql /usr/bin/su root -c . +Many users set it to +.Ql /usr/local/bin/sudo -E sh -c +for convenience. .It Va PACKAGES Used only for the .Cm package
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