[22631] branches/release_1_4

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Wed Mar 7 23:42:55 PST 2007


Revision: 22631
          http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/changeset/22631
Author:   jmpp at macports.org
Date:     2007-03-07 23:42:54 -0800 (Wed, 07 Mar 2007)

Log Message:
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Merging r22609 and r22611: documentation updates to port.1 & portfile.7

Modified Paths:
--------------
    branches/release_1_4/doc/portfile.7
    branches/release_1_4/src/port/port.1

Modified: branches/release_1_4/doc/portfile.7
===================================================================
--- branches/release_1_4/doc/portfile.7	2007-03-08 07:36:51 UTC (rev 22630)
+++ branches/release_1_4/doc/portfile.7	2007-03-08 07:42:54 UTC (rev 22631)
@@ -1413,11 +1413,21 @@
 resource forks when destrooting ports on Mac OS X 10.3.x and Mac OS X 10.4.x . Use
 .Nm xinstall
 to also preserve Extended Attributes (i.e. Access Control Lists). See
-.Xr file n .
+.Xr file n
+for more information on this command.
+.It Ic copy
+Built-in shorthand alternative to "file -copy".
+.It Ic move
+Built-in shorthand alternative to "file -rename".
 .It Ic delete
-MacPorts 1.3 and onwards extension to properly handle file deletion on Panther systems for which a standard
-"file -delete" call may fail. To be used in place of the latter in all cases where directories (and not just
-files) are being deleted.
+Built-in shorthand alternative to "file -delete". Required over the latter for Portfiles that perform deleting
+operations on directories while building the port on Mac OS X 10.3 and earlier, due to a Tcl anomaly on those systems
+that causes "file -delete" to fail.
+.It Ic touch
+Built-in command mimicking the BSD touch command.
+.It Ic ln
+.br
+Built-in command mimicking the BSD ln command.
 .It Ic system Ar commandline
 Execute a program. See
 .Xr system 3 .
@@ -1429,8 +1439,9 @@
 .Xr mv 1 ,
 .Xr cp 1 ,
 .Xr rm 1
-or similar, please use
-.Nm file .
+or similar, please use the built-in commands or
+.Nm file
+if they don't meet your requirements.
 .It Ic variant_isset Ar variant
 Checks if the given
 .Ar variant

Modified: branches/release_1_4/src/port/port.1
===================================================================
--- branches/release_1_4/src/port/port.1	2007-03-08 07:36:51 UTC (rev 22630)
+++ branches/release_1_4/src/port/port.1	2007-03-08 07:42:54 UTC (rev 22631)
@@ -244,14 +244,14 @@
 Displays all the meta-information available for
 .Ar portname .
 Specific meta-information may be requested through an option such as
-.Fl --maintainer
+.Fl -maintainer
 or
-.Fl --category
+.Fl -category
 (recognized field names are those from the portindex). If the global option
-.Fl -q
+.Fl q
 is in effect, the meta-info fields will not be labeled; if the option
-.Fl --line
-is provided, all such data will be consolodated into a single line per port, suitable for processing in a pipe of commands.
+.Fl -line
+is provided, all such data will be consolidated into a single line per port, suitable for processing in a pipe of commands.
 For example:
 .Pp
 .Dl "port info vim"

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