Author: eadler
Date: Wed Nov 21 00:40:26 2012
New Revision: 243353
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/243353
Log:
MFC r243241:
Modernize parts of the ports.7 manual page.
Approved by: cperciva (implicit)
Modified:
stable/8/share/man/man7/ports.7
Directory Properties:
stable/8/share/man/man7/ (props changed)
Modified: stable/8/share/man/man7/ports.7
==============================================================================
--- stable/8/share/man/man7/ports.7 Wed Nov 21 00:31:57 2012
(r243352)
+++ stable/8/share/man/man7/ports.7 Wed Nov 21 00:40:26 2012
(r243353)
@@ -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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