Handbook - mention portsnap in Section 5.3 - finding software, pkgng respository

[Warren Block]

On Wed, 9 Jul 2014, Patrick Powell wrote:

> I notice that Section 5.3 - Finding Software describes how to search for 
> software but there are a couple
> of steps left out that might confuse a newbie.

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> Note:  I think pkg is a GREAT improvement over the old pkg_add, but the 
> legacy documentation in the FreeBSD handbook needs to be updated.  If 
> somebody sends me either a set of files for Handbook Section 5.2, 5.3,  5.4
> or idiot level instructions on how to access the files (SVN, etc.) I will 
> edit them and submit them for comment.
> I can put the content in the files,  but some expert may need to massage the 
> formatting a bit.

We have a book for that:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/

The quick start shows the initial steps:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/overview-quick-start.html