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<para>In either case, following the process described in <ulink
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<para>In either case, following the process described in <ulink
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url="&url.books.porters-handbook;/port-upgrading.html">Porter's
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url="&url.books.porters-handbook;/port-upgrading.html">Porter's
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Handbook</ulink> will yield the best results.</para>
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Handbook</ulink> will yield the best results. (You might
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also wish to read <ulink
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url="&url.articles.contributing-ports;/article.html">
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Contributing to the FreeBSD Ports Collection</ulink>.)
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filed as <literal>kern</literal> or <literal>bin</literal>;
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filed as <literal>kern</literal> or <literal>bin</literal>;
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see discussion of those categories below.</para>
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see discussion of those categories below.</para>
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<para>Example: you have a common PC-based machine, and think
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<title>Correct use of arch-specific category</title>
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<para>You have a common PC-based machine, and think
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you have encountered a problem specific to a particular
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you have encountered a problem specific to a particular
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chipset or a particular motherboard: <literal>i386</literal>
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chipset or a particular motherboard: <literal>i386</literal>
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is the right category.</para>
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is the right category.</para>
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<para>Example: You are having a problem with an add-in
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<title>Incorrect use of arch-specific category</title>
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<para>You are having a problem with an add-in
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peripheral card on a commonly seen bus, or a problem with
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peripheral card on a commonly seen bus, or a problem with
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a particular type of hard disk drive: in this case, it
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a particular type of hard disk drive: in this case, it
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probably applies to more than one architecture, and
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probably applies to more than one architecture, and
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<literal>kern</literal> is the right category.</para>
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<literal>kern</literal> is the right category.</para>
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</example>
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</note>
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<para>Here is the current list of categories (taken from
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<para>Here is the current list of categories (taken from
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<para><literal>advocacy:</literal> problems relating to
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<para><literal>advocacy:</literal> problems relating to
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&os;'s public image. Rarely used.</para>
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&os;'s public image. Obsolete.</para>
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<para><literal>bin:</literal> problems with userland
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<para><literal>bin:</literal> problems with userland
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programs in the base system. If running &man.whereis.1;
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programs in the base system.</para>
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shows <literal>/bin</literal>, <literal>/usr/sbin</literal>,
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or something similar, then this is probably the right
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category. (A few contributed programs might instead
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need to be in <literal>gnu</literal>; see below.)</para>
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<para><literal>conf:</literal> problems with
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<para><literal>conf:</literal> problems with
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configuration files, default values, and so forth.
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configuration files, default values, and so forth.</para>
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Things that affect <literal>/usr/share</literal>
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or <literal>/etc/rc*</literal> belong here.</para>
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<para><literal>java:</literal> problems related to the &java;
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<para><literal>java:</literal> problems related to the &java;
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Virtual Machine. (Ports that merely depend on &java; to
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run should be filed under <literal>ports</literal>.)
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<para><literal>ports:</literal> problems relating to the
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<para><literal>ports:</literal> problems relating to the
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ports tree.</para>
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Ports Collection.</para>
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<para><literal>www:</literal> Changes or enhancements to
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<para><literal>www:</literal> Changes or enhancements to
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the &os; website.
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the &os; website.</para>
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Problems with code found in <literal>/usr/ports/www</literal>
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do <emphasis>not</emphasis> belong here, they belong in
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<literal>ports</literal> instead.</para>
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