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authorhoek <hoek@FreeBSD.org>1998-02-07 21:07:51 +0000
committerhoek <hoek@FreeBSD.org>1998-02-07 21:07:51 +0000
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Change documentation for `make package' (Thanks (indirectly) O'Brien!).
Document `make readmes'. This is getting old, and the intent is to stop questions regarding it; however, I have a suspicion documenting it will work counter to ending questions about it and am mentally prepared to see it go-ooooooooo.......
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diff --git a/share/man/man7/ports.7 b/share/man/man7/ports.7
index adf9885..0dec3aa 100644
--- a/share/man/man7/ports.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/ports.7
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id: ports.7,v 1.3 1998/01/28 01:12:05 obrien Exp $
+.\" $Id: ports.7,v 1.4 1998/01/31 02:55:58 hoek Exp $
.\"
.Dd January 25, 1998
.Dt PORTS 7
@@ -162,17 +162,24 @@ install the port on other machines with
.Xr pkg_add 1 .
If the directory specified by
.Ev PACKAGES
-does not exist
-.Po
-usually
-.Pa /usr/ports/packages
-or
-.Pa /usr/pkgsrc/packages
-.Pc
-you must define either
+does not exist the package will be put into the current directory.
+See
.Ev PKGREPOSITORY
-or
+and
.Ev PKGFILE .
+.It Ar readmes
+Create a port's
+.Pa README.html .
+You may need to
+.Xr fetch 1
+ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/ports/templates/README.port
+and set
+.Ev TEMPLATES
+to its directory. This is intended for would-be release engineers -- most
+people can just read
+.Pa pkg/COMMENT
+and
+.Pa pkg/DESCR .
.El
.Sh ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
You can change all of these.
@@ -203,11 +210,11 @@ target; the base directory for the packages tree, normally
in
.Ev PORTSDIR .
If this directory exists, the package tree will be (partially) constructed.
-This directory does not have to exist; if it doesn't, however, you will have
-to define one of
+This directory does not have to exist; if it doesn't packages will be
+placed into the current directory, or you can define one of
.Bl -tag -width PKGREPOSITORY
.It Ev PKGREPOSITORY
-What directory to put the package in.
+Directory to put the package in.
.It Ev PKGFILE
The full path to the package.
.El
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