svn commit: r243241 - head/share/man/man7
Eitan Adler
eadler at FreeBSD.org
Sun Nov 18 16:34:11 UTC 2012
Author: eadler
Date: Sun Nov 18 16:34:09 2012
New Revision: 243241
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/243241
Log:
Modernize parts of the ports.7 manual page.
Approved by: bcr (mentor)
MFC after: 3 days
Modified:
head/share/man/man7/ports.7
Modified: head/share/man/man7/ports.7
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man7/ports.7 Sun Nov 18 16:34:06 2012 (r243240)
+++ head/share/man/man7/ports.7 Sun Nov 18 16:34:09 2012 (r243241)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd February 9, 2012
+.Dd November 18, 2012
.Dt PORTS 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Each
.Em port
contains any patches necessary to make the original
application source code compile and run on
-.Bx .
+.Fx .
Compiling an
application is as simple as typing
.Nm make Cm build
@@ -56,19 +56,6 @@ simply type
.Nm make Cm install
to install the application.
.Pp
-It is possible to download and use ports from the
-.Fx
-repository
-that are newer than the installed system; however it is important to
-install the appropriate
-.Dq "Upgrade Kit"
-from
-.Pa http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/
-first!
-The
-.Xr portcheckout 1 Pq Pa ports/ports-mgmt/portcheckout
-script (also a port, of course!) will help to download new ports.
-.Pp
For more information about using ports, see
.Dq "Packages and Ports"
in
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