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Date:      Thu, 23 May 2013 10:43:17 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org>
To:        doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r41718 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports
Message-ID:  <201305231043.r4NAhHWi057313@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: wblock
Date: Thu May 23 10:43:17 2013
New Revision: 41718
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/41718

Log:
  Make some wording in the ports/packages section more clear and
  consistent.
  
  PR:		docs/178763
  Submitted by:	Drahos Cagan <drahos_1@yahoo.com>

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml	Thu May 23 10:29:53 2013	(r41717)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml	Thu May 23 10:43:17 2013	(r41718)
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ Info:   Lists information about open fil
 	  <command>make <maketarget>quicksearch</maketarget>
 	  key=<replaceable>string</replaceable></command>, where
 	  <replaceable>string</replaceable> is some text to search
-	  for.  The text can be comments, descriptions or dependencies
+	  for.  The text can be in comments, descriptions, or dependencies
 	  in order to find ports which relate to a particular subject
 	  when the name of the program is unknown.</para>
 
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ local: lsof-4.56.4.tgz remote: lsof-4.56
 	<envar>FTP_PASSIVE_MODE</envar>, <envar>FTP_PROXY</envar>, and
 	<envar>FTP_PASSWORD</envar>.  You may need to set one or more
 	of these if you are behind a firewall, or need to use an
-	FTP/HTTP proxy.  See &man.fetch.3; for the complete list.
+	FTP/HTTP proxy.  See &man.fetch.3; for the complete list of variables.
 	Note that in the example above <literal>lsof</literal> is used
 	instead of <literal>lsof-4.56.4</literal>.  When the remote
 	fetching feature is used, the version number of the package
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ local: lsof-4.56.4.tgz remote: lsof-4.56
 	available from <ulink
 	url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages/"></ulink>,
 	or the <filename>/packages</filename> directory of the &os;
-	DVD distribution.  The layout of the packages is similar to
+	DVD distribution.  The layout of the packages directory is similar to
 	that of the <filename>/usr/ports</filename> tree.  Each
 	category has its own directory, and every package can be found
 	within the <filename>All</filename> directory.</para>
@@ -507,22 +507,22 @@ docbook                     =
 	    <row>
 	      <entry>=</entry>
 	      <entry>The version of the installed package matches the
-		one found in the local ports tree.</entry>
+		one in the local ports tree.</entry>
 	    </row>
 
 	    <row>
 	      <entry>&lt;</entry>
-	      <entry>The installed version is older than the one
-		available in the local ports tree.</entry>
+	      <entry>The version of the installed package is older
+		than the one in the local ports tree.</entry>
 	    </row>
 
 	    <row>
-	      <entry>&gt;</entry><entry>The installed version is newer
-		than the one found in the local ports tree, meaning
+	      <entry>&gt;</entry>
+	      <entry>The version of the installed package is newer
+		than the one in the local ports tree, meaning
 		that the local ports tree is probably out of
 		date.</entry>
 	    </row>
-
 	    <row>
 	      <entry>?</entry>
 	      <entry>The installed package cannot be found in the



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