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Describe portupgrade -P (plus -PP) a bit better, fix -F description

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With grammar fix from:	Len Zettel  lq zettel at acm dot org rq
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<application>portupgrade</application> should act on all
those packages depending on the given package as well, and
<option>-R</option> to act on all packages required by
the given packages.
To use packages instead of ports for installation, provide
<option>-P</option> and to just fetch distfiles without
building or installing anything, use <option>-F</option>.
the given packages.</para>
<para>To use packages instead of ports for installation, provide
<option>-P</option>. With this option
<application>portupgrade</application> searches
the local directories listed in <envar>PKG_PATH</envar>, or
fetches packages from remote site if it is not found locally.
If packages can not be found locally or fetched remotely,
<application>portupgrade</application> will use ports.
To avoid using ports, specify <option>-PP</option>.</para>
<para>To just fetch distfiles (or packages, if
<option>-P</option> is specified) without building or
installing anything, use <option>-F</option>.
For further information see &man.portupgrade.1;.</para>
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