Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 00:55:48 +0200 (CEST) From: Josef El-Rayes <j.el-rayes@daemon.li> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/54678: [patch] add PACKAGESITE to packages chapter Message-ID: <200307202255.h6KMtmMo044585@daemon.li> Resent-Message-ID: <200307202300.h6KN0WQR092169@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 54678
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [patch] add PACKAGESITE to packages chapter
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: update
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Jul 20 16:00:32 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Josef El-Rayes
>Release: FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD daemon.li 4.8-STABLE FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE #7: Thu Jul 3 21:46:26 CEST 2003 shammer@daemon.li:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CUSTOM i386
>Description:
the mentioning of PACKAGESITE was missing in packages chapter, imho
very handy when you want to use mirrors.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- chapter.sgml.diff begins here ---
--- chapter.sgml.orig Sun Jul 20 19:05:11 2003
+++ chapter.sgml Sun Jul 20 19:20:45 2003
@@ -351,8 +351,11 @@
url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages/"></ulink>,
or on the FreeBSD CD-ROM distribution. Every CD on the
FreeBSD 4-CD set (and the PowerPak, etc.) contains packages
- in the <filename>/packages</filename> directory. The layout
- of the packages is similar to that of the
+ in the <filename>/packages</filename> directory.
+ If you want to specify another FreeBSD Packages Mirror, instead of
+ using the main distribution site, you have to set
+ <envar>PACKAGESITE</envar> accordingly.
+ The layout of the packages 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.
--- chapter.sgml.diff ends here ---
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