docs/114731: no mention of PORT_DBDIR in ports(7)

[Matthew Seaman]

>Number:         114731
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       no mention of PORT_DBDIR in ports(7)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jul 19 14:50:07 GMT 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Matthew Seaman
>Release:        FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE i386
>Organization:
Infracaninophile
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #5: Sat Jul 14 01:44:09 BST 2007 root at happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/HAPPY-IDIOT-TALK i386


	
>Description:

The ports(7) man page contains no mention of either the PORT_DBDIR
variable or its usual default location '/var/db/ports'


>How-To-Repeat:
	
>Fix:

	

--- ports.7.diff begins here ---
--- share/man/man7/ports.7.orig	Thu Jul 19 15:15:31 2007
+++ share/man/man7/ports.7	Thu Jul 19 15:33:32 2007
@@ -462,6 +462,17 @@
 what you are doing and are sure about installing a forbidden port, then
 .Va NO_IGNORE
 lets you do it.
+.It Va PORT_DBDIR
+Directory where the results of configuring
+.Va OPTIONS
+are stored.
+Defaults to
+.Pa /var/db/ports .
+Each port where
+.Va OPTIONS
+have been configured will have a uniquely named sub-directory, containing a
+single file
+.Pa options .
 .El
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk" -compact
--- ports.7.diff ends here ---


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