Hi, CD-ROM releases have ceased and most file transfers seem to use HTTP. Should the man page be updated to match this?
Timo Index: share/man/man7/ports.7 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man7/ports.7,v retrieving revision 1.109 diff -u -p -r1.109 ports.7 --- share/man/man7/ports.7 25 Apr 2016 19:24:42 -0000 1.109 +++ share/man/man7/ports.7 7 May 2017 17:13:40 -0000 @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ applications. For normal usage refer to .Xr packages 7 , as most ports produce binary packages which are available from -the official CD-ROM, or on a neighborly FTP mirror. +a neighborly HTTP mirror. .Pp Each port contains any patches necessary to make the original application source code compile and run on @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ in the port directory! The .Pa Makefile automatically fetches the -application source code, either from a local disk or via ftp, unpacks it +application source code, either from a local disk or via http, unpacks it on the local system, applies the patches, and compiles it. If all goes well, simply type .Ic doas make install
