Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:42:45 +0100 (BST) From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/114731: no mention of PORT_DBDIR in ports(7) Message-ID: <200707191442.l6JEgj9O078103@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Resent-Message-ID: <200707191450.l6JEo7Kt079626@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 114731 >Category: docs >Synopsis: no mention of PORT_DBDIR in ports(7) >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Jul 19 14:50:07 GMT 2007 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Matthew Seaman >Release: FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE i386 >Organization: Infracaninophile >Environment: System: FreeBSD happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #5: Sat Jul 14 01:44:09 BST 2007 root@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/HAPPY-IDIOT-TALK i386 >Description: The ports(7) man page contains no mention of either the PORT_DBDIR variable or its usual default location '/var/db/ports' >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: --- ports.7.diff begins here --- --- share/man/man7/ports.7.orig Thu Jul 19 15:15:31 2007 +++ share/man/man7/ports.7 Thu Jul 19 15:33:32 2007 @@ -462,6 +462,17 @@ what you are doing and are sure about installing a forbidden port, then .Va NO_IGNORE lets you do it. +.It Va PORT_DBDIR +Directory where the results of configuring +.Va OPTIONS +are stored. +Defaults to +.Pa /var/db/ports . +Each port where +.Va OPTIONS +have been configured will have a uniquely named sub-directory, containing a +single file +.Pa options . .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk" -compact --- ports.7.diff ends here --- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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