svn commit: r50710 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng

[Glen Barber]

Author: gjb
Date: Fri Aug 25 17:58:31 2017
New Revision: 50710
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/50710

Log:
  Note to add the MANIFEST files to the misc/freebsd-release-manifests
  port.
  
  Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-website.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-website.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-website.xml	Fri Aug 25 15:22:38 2017	(r50709)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-website.xml	Fri Aug 25 17:58:31 2017	(r50710)
@@ -105,4 +105,21 @@
       </tgroup>
     </informaltable>
   </sect2>
+
+  <sect2 xml:id="releng-ports-beta-rc">
+    <title>Ports Changes During <literal>BETA</literal>,
+      <literal>RC</literal>, and the final
+      <literal>RELEASE</literal></title>
+
+    <para>For each build during the release cycle, the
+      <literal>MANIFEST</literal> files containing the
+      <literal>SHA256</literal> of the various distribution sets, such
+      as <literal>base.txz</literal>, <literal>kernel.txz</literal>,
+      and so on, are added to the
+      <package>misc/freebsd-release-manifests</package> port.  This
+      allows utilities other than &man.bsdinstall.8;, such as
+      <package>ports-mgmt/poudriere</package>, to safely use these
+      distribution sets by providing a mechanism through which the
+      checksums can be verified.</para>
+  </sect2>
 </sect1>