Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 18:50:51 +0000 (UTC) From: Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r335074 - head/share/man/man7 Message-ID: <201806131850.w5DIopIn099063@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: trasz Date: Wed Jun 13 18:50:51 2018 New Revision: 335074 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/335074 Log: Mention that ports are used to build packages, this fact - obvious to the developers, but much less so to users - seems to be rather weakly documented. MFC after: 2 weeks Sponsored by: DARPA, AFRL Modified: head/share/man/man7/ports.7 Modified: head/share/man/man7/ports.7 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man7/ports.7 Wed Jun 13 18:34:49 2018 (r335073) +++ head/share/man/man7/ports.7 Wed Jun 13 18:50:51 2018 (r335074) @@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ The Ports Collection offers a simple way for users and administrators to install applications. +It is also used to build the packages, to be installed using +.Xr pkg 8 . Each .Em port contains any patches necessary to make the original
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