The FreeBSD Ports 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 code compile and run on FreeBSD. Installing an application is as simple as downloading the port, unpacking it and typing make in the port directory. The Makefile 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 make install to install the application and register it with the package system.
For more information about using ports, see The ports collection. For information about creating new ports, see Porting applications. Both are part of the FreeBSD Handbook.
If you are a 2.2.1-release user, please install the 2.2.1 -to 2.2-stable upgrade kit (last changed: July 21, 1997); if you are +href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages-stable/Latest/221upgrade.tgz">2.2.1 +to 2.2-stable upgrade kit; if you are a 2.2.2-release user, please install the 2.2.2 -to 2.2-stable upgrade kit (last changed: July 21, 1997). (These +href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages-stable/Latest/222upgrade.tgz">2.2.2 +to 2.2-stable upgrade kit; if you are a 2.2.5-release user, +please install the 2.2.5 +to 2.2-stable upgrade kit. (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 a full upgrade to 2.2-stable, please refer to the synchronizing your source tree section of the handbook. A full upgrade is recommended, especially if -you are still using 2.2.1-release.
+you are still using 2.2.1-release or 2.2.2-release.Many of the ports require the X Window System to compile and run. We compile and test our ports on XFree86. Their current release is 3.3.1. Some ports may not work with older releases.
For more information about new ports, changed ports, removed ports, or searching for an application see the FreeBSD Ports Changes script.
diff --git a/en/ports/ports.inc b/en/ports/ports.inc index baf2806767..9d9b7d76e7 100644 --- a/en/ports/ports.inc +++ b/en/ports/ports.inc @@ -1,53 +1,56 @@ - +The FreeBSD Ports 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 code compile and run on FreeBSD. Installing an application is as simple as downloading the port, unpacking it and typing make in the port directory. The Makefile 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 make install to install the application and register it with the package system.
For more information about using ports, see The ports collection. For information about creating new ports, see Porting applications. Both are part of the FreeBSD Handbook.
If you are a 2.2.1-release user, please install the 2.2.1 -to 2.2-stable upgrade kit (last changed: July 21, 1997); if you are +href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages-stable/Latest/221upgrade.tgz">2.2.1 +to 2.2-stable upgrade kit; if you are a 2.2.2-release user, please install the 2.2.2 -to 2.2-stable upgrade kit (last changed: July 21, 1997). (These +href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages-stable/Latest/222upgrade.tgz">2.2.2 +to 2.2-stable upgrade kit; if you are a 2.2.5-release user, +please install the 2.2.5 +to 2.2-stable upgrade kit. (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 a full upgrade to 2.2-stable, please refer to the synchronizing your source tree section of the handbook. A full upgrade is recommended, especially if -you are still using 2.2.1-release.
+you are still using 2.2.1-release or 2.2.2-release.Many of the ports require the X Window System to compile and run. We compile and test our ports on XFree86. Their current release is 3.3.1. Some ports may not work with older releases.
For more information about new ports, changed ports, removed ports, or searching for an application see the FreeBSD Ports Changes script.