>Number: 178763
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: Consistency updates for packages and ports docs
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun May 19 01:40:00 UTC 2013
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Drahos Cagan
>Release: 9.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #0 r243825: Tue Dec 4 09:23:10 UTC
2012 [email protected]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
>Description:
I am submitting a patch for a few inconsistencies that I found in the ports
documentation (attached below).
>How-To-Repeat:
Look at the file en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml
>Fix:
Apply the patch attached below.
Patch attached with submission follows:
Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml
===================================================================
--- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml (revision 41665)
+++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml (working copy)
@@ -310,7 +320,7 @@
<command>make <maketarget>quicksearch</maketarget>
key=<replaceable>string</replaceable></command>, where
<replaceable>string</replaceable> is some text to search
- for. The text can be comments, descriptions or dependencies
+ for. The text can be in comments, descriptions, or dependencies
in order to find ports which relate to a particular subject
when the name of the program is unknown.</para>
@@ -413,7 +423,7 @@
<envar>FTP_PASSIVE_MODE</envar>, <envar>FTP_PROXY</envar>, and
<envar>FTP_PASSWORD</envar>. You may need to set one or more
of these if you are behind a firewall, or need to use an
- FTP/HTTP proxy. See &man.fetch.3; for the complete list.
+ FTP/HTTP proxy. See &man.fetch.3; for the complete list of variables.
Note that in the example above <literal>lsof</literal> is used
instead of <literal>lsof-4.56.4</literal>. When the remote
fetching feature is used, the version number of the package
@@ -439,7 +449,7 @@
available from <ulink
url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages/";></ulink>,
or the <filename>/packages</filename> directory of the &os;
- DVD distribution. The layout of the packages is similar to
+ DVD distribution. The layout of the packages directory is similar to
that of the <filename>/usr/ports</filename> tree. Each
category has its own directory, and every package can be found
within the <filename>All</filename> directory.</para>
@@ -494,18 +504,19 @@
<row>
<entry>=</entry>
<entry>The version of the installed package matches the
- one found in the local ports tree.</entry>
+ one in the local ports tree.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><</entry>
- <entry>The installed version is older than the one
- available in the local ports tree.</entry>
+ <entry>The version of the installed package is older
+ than the one in the local ports tree.</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>></entry><entry>The installed version is newer
- than the one found in the local ports tree, meaning
+ <entry>></entry>
+ <entry>The version of the installed package is newer
+ than the one in the local ports tree, meaning
that the local ports tree is probably out of
date.</entry>
</row>
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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