Author: 0mp (doc,ports committer) Date: Sun Nov 1 17:27:48 2020 New Revision: 367253 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/367253
Log: Document how to use sudo for SU_CMD It is rather common for the ports users to replace su(1) with sudo(8) within the SU_CMD variable. Let's document it in the manual page (so far it's been hidden in a comment within bsd.commands.mk). MFC after: 2 weeks Modified: head/share/man/man7/ports.7 Modified: head/share/man/man7/ports.7 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man7/ports.7 Sun Nov 1 16:38:30 2020 (r367252) +++ head/share/man/man7/ports.7 Sun Nov 1 17:27:48 2020 (r367253) @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd August 3, 2020 +.Dd November 1, 2020 .Dt PORTS 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -442,7 +442,10 @@ The unprivileged user must have write access to and .Va DISTDIR . The default is -.Ql /usr/bin/su root -c +.Ql /usr/bin/su root -c . +Many users set it to +.Ql /usr/local/bin/sudo -E sh -c +for convenience. .It Va PACKAGES Used only for the .Cm package _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
