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>
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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