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1.4     ! marc        1:
1.2       joey        2:                Welcome to the OpenBSD ports collection.
                      3:        For more information on the OpenBSD ports tree please visit
                      4:                   http://www.openbsd.org/ports.html
                      5:        For general information on the OpenBSD tree please visit
                      6:                        http://www.openbsd.org
1.1       joey        7:
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1.2       joey        9: The OpenBSD ports tree is always growing. Therefor it is essential
1.1       joey       10: that you continue to update your ports dir thru cvs or ftp.
                     11:
1.3       marc       12: No matter how fast we update the tree it seems that we are always
                     13: behind.  For this reason you will sometimes find a port that is
                     14: marked as BROKEN.  If you try to build the port you will see a
                     15: message something like:
                     16:
                     17:    ===> xxx-1.0 is marked as broken: newer version available.
                     18:
                     19: This means we know there is a newer version of the application but
                     20: have not yet had time to update the port.  If you get this message
                     21: all may not be lost.  If the old sources are still available (and
                     22: this is often the case) you can force a build using the old sources
                     23: using the command:
                     24:
                     25:        make NO_IGNORE=yes
                     26:        sudo make NO_IGNORE=yes install
                     27:
1.4     ! marc       28: If you're feeling generous a better solution is to update the port
1.3       marc       29: to use the new sources and feed the changes back to the project.
                     30: If you are interested in contributing (or creating a new port)
                     31: please visit
                     32:
1.1       joey       33:        http://www.openbsd.org/porting.html
1.3       marc       34:
1.1       joey       35: If you would like to search for a given port, you can do so easily
                     36: by saying:
                     37:
                     38:        make search key="<keyword>"
                     39:
                     40: Which will generate a list of all ports matching <keyword>.
                     41:
                     42: NOTE:  This tree can GROW significantly in size during normal usage!
                     43: The distribution tar files can and do accumulate in /usr/ports/distfiles,
                     44: and the individual ports will also use up lots of space in their work
                     45: subdirectories unless you remember to "make clean" after you're done
                     46: building a given port.  /usr/ports/distfiles can also be periodically
                     47: cleaned without ill-effect, though if you don't have the original
                     48: distribution tarball(s) for something on CDROM then you will need to pull
                     49: it all over your network connection again if you ever try to build the
                     50: associated port.
                     51:
                     52: For help or other information
1.4     ! marc       53: Please send mail to
1.1       joey       54: ports@OpenBSD.ORG
1.4     ! marc       55:
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