[124559] trunk/base/doc/port-mirror.1.txt

Ryan Schmidt ryandesign at macports.org
Fri Sep 12 23:55:40 PDT 2014


> On Aug 25, 2014, at 4:37 PM, cal at macports.org wrote:
> 
> Revision
> 124559
> Author
> cal at macports.org
> Date
> 2014-08-25 14:37:14 -0700 (Mon, 25 Aug 2014)
> Log Message
> 
> base: document port mirror, #44530
> Added Paths
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> 	• trunk/base/doc/port-mirror.1.txt

> +EXAMPLES
> +--------
> +If your use case for *port mirror* is downloading the files you need to install
> +a set of ports later without a network connection, do not use *port mirror*: It
> +will not work for ports that distribute their source code using a version
> +control system such as Subversion or Git. Instead, use *port fetch*:
> +
> +----
> +$> sudo port -p fetch rdepof:$newport and not installed
> +$> sudo port -p fetch $newport
> +----
> +
> +These can also be conviniently wrapped in a single command using a port
> +expression (see man:port[1] for details):

Typo: correct spelling is "conveniently".

> +If you want to create a partial mirror of MacPorts distfiles or are running the
> +main mirror for MacPorts, you should use port mirror:

Should "port mirror" here be enclosed in some formatting punctuation? I see asterisks were used around commands in earlier paragraphs.




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