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Add blurb about getting at least the latest bsd.port.mk when you want to

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use (parts of) ports-current.

Requested by:	Robert Withrow <bwithrow@nortelnetworks.com>
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Satoshi Asami 2000-03-30 01:25:41 +00:00
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<!-- $FreeBSD: www/en/ports/ports.inc,v 1.45 2000/01/06 07:01:19 asami Exp $ -->
<!-- $FreeBSD: www/en/ports/ports.inc,v 1.46 2000/02/17 20:14:18 billf Exp $ -->
<p>The FreeBSD Ports and Packages Collection offers a simple way for
users and administrators to install applications. The ports
collection has been <a
@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ href="../handbook/porting.html">Porting applications</a>. Both are
part of the <a href="../handbook/">FreeBSD Handbook</a>.</p>
<p>The ports listed on these web pages are continually being updated.
It is recommended that you refresh the entire collection together, as
many ports depend on other parts of the tree. If that is not
possible, at least make sure you get the latest make macro files in
<tt>ports/Mk</tt>. (If you are using <strong>cvsup</strong>, this
means you need <tt>ports-base</tt> in your cvsupfile.) If you still
see errors even with the latest <tt>bsd.port.mk</tt> and friends,
please fetch the entire collection.
<p>
The current ports tree officially supports only FreeBSD-current and
FreeBSD-stable.
Consequently, you may need to update a few files on your FreeBSD system