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<P>To start learning more about ports and packages, see
  <A HREF="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html">
  Installing Applications: Packages and Ports</A>, a section of the
  <A HREF="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html">
  FreeBSD Handbook</A>.
</P>

<P>The
  <A HREF="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/index.html">
  Porter's Handbook</A> is the master reference for both creating new
  ports and maintaining existing ports, including a section on
  <A HREF="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/keeping-up.html">
  Keeping Up</A>.  It also contains more detail about the topics below, as
  well as more references for further study.
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<P>You may also find the following to be useful:</P>

<UL>
  <LI>The archives of the
    <A HREF="http://docs.FreeBSD.org/mail/current/freebsd-ports.html">
    FreeBSD ports mailing list</A>.
  </LI>

  <LI>The article
    <A HREF="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing-ports/index.html">
    Contributing to the FreeBSD Ports Collection</A>.
  </LI>

  <LI>
    <A HREF="http://www.FreshPorts.org">FreshPorts.org</A> is a
    valuable tool for further information about individual ports,
    such as current version, last checkin, and many other useful
    statistics.  You may subscribe to a mailing list to get the
    latest information about your favorite ports.
  </LI>
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  <LI>The manual pages for
    <A HREF="&base;/cgi/man.cgi?query=ftp"><TT>ftp</TT></A>,
    <A HREF="&base;/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg_add"><TT>pkg_add</TT></A>, and
    <A HREF="&base;/cgi/man.cgi?query=ports"><TT>ports</TT></A>.
  </LI>

  <LI>The
    <A HREF="http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org">ports and packages build cluster</A>.
  </LI>

  <LI>The
    <A HREF="&base;/portmgr/">Ports Management Team</A> (portmgr) pages.
  </LI>

  <LI>The
    <A HREF="http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org">
    Web Interface to the Source Repository</A>
    allows you to browse the files in the source repository.  Changes
    that affect the entire port system are now documented in the
    <A HREF="http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/ports/CHANGES">CHANGES</A> file.
    Changes that affect individual ports are now documented in the
    <A HREF="http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/ports/UPDATING">UPDATING</A> file.
    However, the definitive answer to any question is undoubtedly to read
    the source code of <A HREF="http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk">
    bsd.port.mk</A>, and associated files.
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