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diff --git a/share/doc/handbook/ports.sgml b/share/doc/handbook/ports.sgml index 90fc987..fa0abc8 100644 --- a/share/doc/handbook/ports.sgml +++ b/share/doc/handbook/ports.sgml @@ -242,13 +242,15 @@ doing it:- <p> Create a "link tree" to it using the <tt>lndir(1)</tt> command that comes with the <em>XFree86</em> distribution. Find a location with -some free space and create a directory there, and make a symbolic link -from <tt>/usr/ports</tt> to that directory. Then invoke the -<tt>lndir(1)</tt> command with the full pathname of the ``ports'' -directory on the CDROM as an argument (this might be, for example, -something like: <tt>lndir /cdrom/ports</tt>). Then you can build -ports directly off the CDROM by building them in the link tree you -have created. +some free space, create a directory there and then cd to it. Then +invoke the <tt>lndir(1)</tt> command with the full pathname of the ``ports'' +directory on the CDROM as the first argument and . (the current directory) +as the second. This might be, for example, something like: +<verb> + lndir /cdrom/ports . +</verb> +<p>Then you can build ports directly off the CDROM by building them in the +link tree you have created. <p> Note that there are some ports for which we cannot provide the original source in the CDROM due to licensing limitations. In that case, |
