Bug 128128

Summary: Sysinstall not mentioned in 4.4 "Using the Packages System"
Product: Documentation Reporter: Boris Hollas <boris.hollas>
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: Murray Stokely <murray>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Latest   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description Boris Hollas 2008-10-15 21:10:05 UTC 
There's a section 4.4 "Using the Packages System" in the handbook that covers the pkg* command line tools. However, 4.4 does not mention that sysinstall can also be used for package management.

Fix: 

I suggest to add the following to section 4.4:
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You can use different tools to manage packages on FreeBSD:
<ul>
<li> Sysinstall lets you install, delete, and list available and installed packages. For more information, see 2.10.11 Install Packages.
<li> The pkg* command line tools, which are described in the following.
</ul>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Also, 4.4.2 "Managing Packages" should be renamed to "Listing Packages" because installing or removing can also be considered as a form of management.
How-To-Repeat: N/A
Comment 1 Murray Stokely freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2008-12-15 01:49:59 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

I've just submitted an introduction to this section which also 
mentions sysinstall and links to the post installation section of 
chapter 2. Thanks for the submission.  The website may take up to 6 
hours before it reflects this change.
Comment 2 Murray Stokely freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2008-12-15 01:49:59 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-doc->murray

I've just submitted an introduction to this section which also 
mentions sysinstall and links to the post installation section of 
chapter 2. Thanks for the submission.  The website may take up to 6 
hours before it reflects this change.
Comment 3 dfilter service freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2008-12-15 01:50:09 UTC 
murray      2008-12-15 01:49:53 UTC

  FreeBSD doc repository

  Modified files:
    en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports chapter.sgml 
  Log:
  Mention sysinstall as described in the post-installation section as an
  alternate way to perform basic package installation on a running
  system, in addition to the pkg_* tools.
  
  PR:             docs/128128
  Submitted by:   Boris Hollas <boris.hollas@gmx.de>
  
  Revision  Changes    Path
  1.285     +12 -0     doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml
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