On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 06:00:55PM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2020/04/26 18:28, f.holop wrote: > > Stuart Henderson - Sun, 26 April 2020 at 17:11:21 > > > > thank you for the explanations. i am afraid none of this comes across > > > > really from the man page as it is formulated now. but i am not a native > > > > speaker, true. > > > > > > it doesn't come across at all. diffs welcome ;) > > > > do you really want diffs from someone who just asked others to explain > > it to him?...:] > > better than diffs from someone who already knows how it works! > >
Let's try anyway. Index: ports.7 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man7/ports.7,v retrieving revision 1.127 diff -u -p -r1.127 ports.7 --- ports.7 16 Jun 2019 14:24:42 -0000 1.127 +++ ports.7 27 Apr 2020 08:19:41 -0000 @@ -620,10 +620,24 @@ try to use as options to .Xr pkg_add 1 to install the missing packages from .Ev PKG_PATH . -For instance: +.Xr bsd.port.mk 5 +does not set +.Ev FETCH_PACKAGES , +so even an empty value amounts to setting the variable. +.Pp +For instance, to run +.Nm pkg_add +with default options +.Pc : .Bd -literal -offset indent -make FETCH_PACKAGES= +make FETCH_PACKAGES= .Ed +.Pp +or, to enforce the snapshots directory during the final beta period: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +make FETCH_PACKAGES=-Dsnap +.Ed +.Pp .It Ev PATCH_DEBUG If defined, display verbose output when applying each patch. .It Ev INTERACTIVE
