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Delineate intended use of ports upgrade kits more clearly. Fix disconcerting

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PR:		9165
Reviewed by:	asami, wosch
Submitted by:	Bruce A. Mah <bmah@ca.sandia.gov>
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Joseph Koshy 1998-12-23 02:54:48 +00:00
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<!-- $Id: ports.inc,v 1.23 1998-11-11 09:54:08 asami Exp $ -->
<!-- $Id: ports.inc,v 1.24 1998-12-23 02:54:48 jkoshy Exp $ -->
<p>The FreeBSD Ports and Packages Collection offers a simple way for
users and administrators to install applications. Each ``port'' listed here
contains any patches necessary to make the original application source
@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ simple as downloading the port, unpacking it and typing <tt>make</tt>
in the port directory. The <tt>Makefile</tt> automatically fetches the
application source code, either from a local disk, CDROM or via ftp,
unpacks it on your system, applies the patches, and compiles. If
all goes well, simply type <tt>make install</tt> to install the
all went well, a simple <tt>make install</tt> will install the
application and register it with the package system.</p>
<p>For most ports, a precompiled <tt>package</tt> also exists, saving
@ -24,18 +24,21 @@ information about creating new ports, see <a
href="../handbook/porting.html">Porting applications</a>. Both are
part of the <a href="../handbook">FreeBSD Handbook</a>.</p>
<p>If you are a 2.2.1-release user, please install the <a
<p>The ports listed on these web pages are continually being updated.
Consequently, you may need to update a few files on your FreeBSD system
to make use of ports developed after your version of FreeBSD was released.
If you are a 2.2.1-release user, please install the <a
href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages-stable/Latest/221upgrade.tgz">2.2.1
to 2.2-stable upgrade kit</a>; if you are
to 2.2-stable ports upgrade kit</a>; if you are
a 2.2.2-release user, please install the <a
href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages-stable/Latest/222upgrade.tgz">2.2.2
to 2.2-stable upgrade kit</a>; if you are a 2.2.5-release user,
to 2.2-stable ports upgrade kit</a>; if you are a 2.2.5-release user,
please install the <a
href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages-stable/Latest/225upgrade.tgz">2.2.5
to 2.2-stable upgrade kit</a>; if you are a 2.2.6, 2.2.7 or 3.0-release user,
to 2.2-stable ports upgrade kit</a>; if you are a 2.2.6, 2.2.7 or 3.0-release user,
please install the <a
href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages-stable/Latest/227upgrade.tgz">2.2.7
to 2.2-stable upgrade kit</a>. (These
to 2.2-stable ports upgrade kit</a>. (These
are FreeBSD packages; please use pkg_add to install them.) That
should enable you to use all the ports listed here. Note that it will
only change just enough files to enable ports/packages to be used; for