docs/99795: [patch] Add subsection of /usr/ports/UPDATING to handbook

Cheng-Lung Sung clsung at FreeBSD.org
Wed Jul 5 01:40:19 UTC 2006


>Number:         99795
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [patch] Add subsection of /usr/ports/UPDATING to handbook
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          update
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jul 05 01:40:16 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Cheng-Lung Sung
>Release:        FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE i386
>Organization:
FreeBSD @ Taiwan
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD.csie.nctu.edu.tw 6.1-STABLE FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE #9: Thu May 11 14:31:45 CST 2006     root at FreeBSD.csie.nctu.edu.tw:/home/usr.obj/usr/src/sys/FREEBSD  i386

>Description:
- I found serveral posts (in Taiwan) keep asking what's wrong with some ports
  (especially php* changes these months).
- /usr/ports/UPDATING is only addressed in Note of 4.5.4 "Upgrading Ports"
- IMHO, upgrade it to subsection is better.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:


Index: ports/chapter.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.258
diff -u -r1.258 chapter.sgml
--- ports/chapter.sgml	18 Jun 2006 20:15:52 -0000	1.258
+++ ports/chapter.sgml	5 Jul 2006 01:34:07 -0000
@@ -1229,6 +1229,17 @@
       </sect3>
     </sect2>
 
+    <sect2 id="ports-file-updating">
+      <title><filename>/usr/ports/UPDATING</filename></title>
+
+      <para>This file documents some of the problems you may encounter when
+	upgrading your ports. You should get into the habit of checking 
+	this file for changes each time you update your ports collection, 
+	before attempting any port upgrades.
+	If <filename>UPDATING</filename> contradicts something you read here,
+	<filename>UPDATING</filename> takes precedence.</para>
+    </sect2>
+
     <sect2 id="ports-disk-space">
       <title>Ports and Disk Space</title>
 

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