On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 02:38:43PM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: > Is this OK, or should we remove bits about building packages > individually too?
I'd rather send people to ports(7) directly... since that explains both single port and bulk building. > Index: share/man/man8/release.8 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man8/release.8,v > retrieving revision 1.66 > diff -u -p -u -1 -5 -r1.66 release.8 > --- share/man/man8/release.8 2 Sep 2012 13:47:25 -0000 1.66 > +++ share/man/man8/release.8 26 Nov 2013 14:36:59 -0000 > @@ -338,25 +338,29 @@ The > subsystem of contributed applications is described in > .Xr ports 7 . > For ease of installation ports can be pre-compiled into > .Sq packages > which can then be installed on multiple machines using > .Xr pkg_add 1 . > Packages are created by selecting an application to build > (we'll call this one CATEGORY/PORT) and then running the following: > as root: > .Bd -literal -offset indent > $ cd /usr/ports/CATEGORY/PORT > $ su > # make package > .Ed > .Pp > -That's all there is to it. > +To build a larger set of packages, > +.Xr dpb 1 > +has various facilities to manage the build, > +either on a single machine or a cluster. > .Sh SEE ALSO > .Xr cvs 1 , > +.Xr dpb 1 , > .Xr pkg_add 1 , > .Xr ports 7 , > .Xr sudo 8 , > .Xr sysmerge 8 > .Sh HISTORY > This document first appeared in > .Ox 2.8 .
