| Summary: | [patch] minor suggestions to changes in handbook ports section | ||||||
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| Product: | Documentation | Reporter: | Jeppe Larsen <jwl> | ||||
| Component: | Books & Articles | Assignee: | Tom Rhodes <trhodes> | ||||
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||||||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||||||
| Priority: | Normal | ||||||
| Version: | Latest | ||||||
| Hardware: | Any | ||||||
| OS: | Any | ||||||
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Description
Jeppe Larsen
2006-09-23 15:40:22 UTC
> @@ -1192,8 +1192,15 @@ > > <para>To just fetch distfiles (or packages, if > <option>-P</option> is specified) without building or > - installing anything, use <option>-F</option>. > - For further information see &man.portupgrade.1;.</para> > + installing anything, use <option>-F</option>.</para> > + > + <para>The <application>portupgrade</application> suite also comes with > + <command>portinstall</command> that automates the previously explained > + approach, so a port and all its dependcies will be compiled and installed > + with:</para> > + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>portinstall lsof</userinput></screen> > + > + <para>For further information see &man.portupgrade.1;.</para> > </sect3> > > <sect3 id="portmanager"> I disagree with this change. There is absolutely no need for portinstall, ever. It just changes to the respective directory and do make install. User can do this himself, absolutely. > <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>portsclean -D</userinput></screen> > + <para>Or if you want to remove all distfiles not referenced by any port > + currently installed on your system:</para> > + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>portsclean -DD</userinput></screen> Any particular need to duplicate portupgrade manpages here? > <para>Do not forget to remove the installed ports once you no longer need > - them. A nice tool to help automate this task is available from the > + them. A nice tool to help automate this task is available from the > <filename role="package">sysutils/pkg_cutleaves</filename> port.</para> > </sect2> Please don't, the double space after full stop is a proper English. -- Pav Lucistnik <pav@oook.cz> <pav@FreeBSD.org> An arrow (+0,+0) {@f0} finds a mark. It dies. trhodes 2006-10-09 18:36:34 UTC
FreeBSD doc repository
Modified files:
en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports chapter.sgml
Log:
Add information on portsclean -DD.
PR: 103519
Glanced at by: pav
Revision Changes Path
1.260 +5 -0 doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml
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State Changed From-To: open->closed Manually merged the only part (portsclean -DD) which both made sense and was not argued. Pav is right about the other parts and as such, they have not been merged. Thanks for the submission! Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-doc->trhodes Over to me, closed_count++ |