Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:28:12 +0200 From: Andreas Ntaflos <ntaflos.andreas@gmx.net> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is fetchmail with Cox possible????? [Mar-07-2002, make install clean?] Message-ID: <20020427122812.A19729@Deadcell.ant> In-Reply-To: <20020426010341.T53766-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>; from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com on Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 01:07:55AM -0400 References: <20020425161604.A38522@Deadcell.ant> <20020426010341.T53766-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 01:07:55AM -0400, Peter Leftwich wrote: > > >From `man ports` - > > "BUGS > Ports documentation is split over four places --- /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk, the ``Ports Collection'' section of the handbook, the ``Porting Existing Software'' section of the handbook, and ports(7). > This man page is too long." > > CORRECTION > Not long enough! > > I was looking for something that ties together cvsup and portupgrade and > pkg_add and so forth. Oh well, I'll read them all some more individually. Oh, I thought you were looking only for the make targets used when building a port. I agree that the documentation isn't as structured as one would think it should be, especially when you think how well almost everything else in FreeBSD is documented. > > "FreeBSD 4.5 January 25, 1998 FreeBSD 4.5" > > Always wondered why manpages have such old dates at the bottom; Are these > the dates the command first appeared? Shouldn't it be the last time the > manpage you are reading was updated with new information?? > Always wondered about that too... -- Andreas "ant" Ntaflos ntaflos.andreas@gmx.net Vienna, AUSTRIA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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