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<P>To start learning more about ports and packages, see
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<A HREF="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html">
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Installing Applications: Packages and Ports</A>, a section of the
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<A HREF="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html">
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FreeBSD Handbook</A>.
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</P>
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<P>The
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<A HREF="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/index.html">
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Porter's Handbook</A> is the master reference for both creating new
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ports and maintaining existing ports, including a section on
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<A HREF="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/keeping-up.html">
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Keeping Up</A>. It also contains more detail about the topics below, as
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well as more references for further study.
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</P>
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<P>You may also find the following to be useful:</P>
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<UL>
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<LI>The archives of the
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<A HREF="http://docs.FreeBSD.org/mail/current/freebsd-ports.html">
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FreeBSD ports mailing list</A>.
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</LI>
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<LI>The article
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<A HREF="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing-ports/index.html">
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Contributing to the FreeBSD Ports Collection</A>.
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</LI>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="http://www.FreshPorts.org">FreshPorts.org</A> is a
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valuable tool for further information about individual ports,
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such as current version, last checkin, and many other useful
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statistics. You may subscribe to a mailing list to get the
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latest information about your favorite ports.
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</LI>
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<LI>Here is a graph of the
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<A HREF="growth/status.png">rapid rate of growth</A>
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of the Ports Collection.</LI>
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<LI>The manual pages for
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<A HREF="&base;/cgi/man.cgi?query=ftp"><TT>ftp</TT></A>,
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<A HREF="&base;/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg_add"><TT>pkg_add</TT></A>, and
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<A HREF="&base;/cgi/man.cgi?query=ports"><TT>ports</TT></A>.
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</LI>
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<LI>The
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<A HREF="http://pointyhat.FreeBSD.org">ports and packages build cluster</A>.
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</LI>
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<LI>The
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<A HREF="&base;/portmgr/">Ports Management Team</A> (portmgr) pages.
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</LI>
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<LI>The
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<A HREF="http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org">
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Web Interface to the Source Repository</A>
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allows you to browse the files in the source repository. Changes
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that affect the entire port system are now documented in the
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<A HREF="http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/ports/CHANGES">CHANGES</A> file.
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Changes that affect individual ports are now documented in the
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<A HREF="http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/ports/UPDATING">UPDATING</A> file.
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However, the definitive answer to any question is undoubtedly to read
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the source code of <A HREF="http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk">
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bsd.port.mk</A>, and associated files.
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</LI>
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