Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 10:57:02 +0200 From: Jan Oppolzer <jan.oppolzer@gmail.com> To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: A misunderstanding in FreeBSD Handbook Message-ID: <200910031057.03060.jan.oppolzer@gmail.com>
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Hello, in my opinion, there's a little mistake in FreeBSD Handbook in section 24.3 Portsnap: A Ports Collection Update Tool [1] which can confuse mainly newcomers in FreeBSD. If portsnap was run previously then after 'portsnap fetch' should be executed 'portsnap update' (as noted in 'man portsnap') instead of 'portsnap extract' which is said in the handbook. At the end there's written to execute 'portsnap fetch update' to run both processes consecutively, but it was stated to run 'fetch' and then 'extract'. Which is misleading. I guess it'd be a good idea to mention differences in "extract" and "update" or at least mention they exist and to read manual page for more information which one to use and when. [1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/updating-upgrading- portsnap.html Best regards, Jan Oppolzer
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