[57837] trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-variables.xml

[ryandesign at macports.org]

Revision: 57837
          http://trac.macports.org/changeset/57837
Author:   ryandesign at macports.org
Date:     2009-09-17 01:34:55 -0700 (Thu, 17 Sep 2009)
Log Message:
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reword os.arch and os.platform sections to clarify and match the style of other sections

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-variables.xml

Modified: trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-variables.xml
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--- trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-variables.xml	2009-09-17 08:33:09 UTC (rev 57836)
+++ trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-variables.xml	2009-09-17 08:34:55 UTC (rev 57837)
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
       <term>os.platform</term>
 
       <listitem>
-        <para>Identifies platform type (i.e. "darwin", "freebsd", etc).</para>
+        <para>The underlying operating system platform (i.e. "darwin" on Mac OS X, "freebsd", etc.).</para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
       <term>os.arch</term>
 
       <listitem>
-        <para>Identifies hardware type (i.e. "powerpc", "i386").</para>
+        <para>The hardware architecture -- either "powerpc" or "i386".</para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
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