On 2013/11/26 16:28, Marc Espie wrote: > 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.
Something like this? Includes a bonus diff for ports(7), the "mirror-maker" target was removed. Index: man8/release.8 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man8/release.8,v retrieving revision 1.66 diff -u -p -r1.66 release.8 --- man8/release.8 2 Sep 2012 13:47:25 -0000 1.66 +++ man8/release.8 26 Nov 2013 15:37:29 -0000 @@ -335,22 +335,11 @@ in your release directory. .Ss 7. Make the third party packages The .Sq ports -subsystem of contributed applications is described in -.Xr ports 7 . -For ease of installation ports can be pre-compiled into +subsystem of contributed applications is capable of producing .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. +for installation, either individually or in bulk. +This is described in +.Xr ports 7 . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr cvs 1 , .Xr pkg_add 1 , Index: man7/ports.7 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man7/ports.7,v retrieving revision 1.96 diff -u -p -r1.96 ports.7 --- man7/ports.7 11 Nov 2013 21:14:29 -0000 1.96 +++ man7/ports.7 26 Nov 2013 15:37:29 -0000 @@ -83,9 +83,6 @@ offers a few useful targets. .It Ar index rebuild the ports complete index, .Pa /usr/ports/INDEX -.It Ar mirror-maker -see -.Xr mirroring-ports 7 , .It Ar pkglocatedb build a .Xr pkg_mklocatedb 1 @@ -740,6 +737,7 @@ List of users and groups created by port .Xr pkg_info 1 , .Xr bsd.port.mk 5 , .Xr port-modules 5 , +.Xr mirroring-ports 7 , .Xr packages 7 .Pp The
