From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 21 23:26:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: doc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6748D1065675 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:26:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx22.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD5788FC1F for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:26:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 19794 invoked by uid 399); 21 Jan 2009 22:59:22 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ?192.168.0.19?) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 21 Jan 2009 22:59:22 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Message-ID: <4977A8E5.4080206@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:59:49 -0800 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paulius References: <000001c97bd7$ea9aac00$bfd00400$@sulcas@post.skynet.lt> In-Reply-To: <000001c97bd7$ea9aac00$bfd00400$@sulcas@post.skynet.lt> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: A question regarding broken link to portmaster man page in FreeBSD Handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:26:03 -0000 Paulius wrote: > Hello, > > > > I have noticed that in chapter 4.5.4.4 "Upgrading Ports using Portmaster" > the link to portmaster man page is leading to a "Sorry, no data found for > `portmaster(8)'. Please try a keyword search" page for FreeBSD 7.1 RELEASE. > > Is this just a thing of broken link or is portmaster no longer > present/supported on 7.1 release of FreeBSD. Portmaster is not part of the base at all, it's a port itself. However, it is supported for all outstanding versions of FreeBSD. The problem with the link seems to be that the man page is not installed anywhere that the man.cgi can find it. If a committer who is familiar with that process can reply to me by private mail on how to fix that, I would be grateful. :) All that said, you can install ports-mgmt/portmaster and read the man page pretty easily, then if you find that it doesn't meet your needs just pkg_delete it. Alternatively you could do: cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster/files nroff -mdoc portmaster.8 | more hope this helps, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection