-When updating a port, it is possible to use man:pkg-version[8]'s `-t` argument to check if the new version is greater or lesser than before.
-See crossref:makefiles[makefile-versions-ex-pkg-version, Using man:pkg-version\[8\] to Compare Versions].
+When updating a port, it is possible to use the `-t` argument of man:pkg-version[8] to check if the new version is greater or lesser than before.
+See below on how to use man:pkg-version[8] to compare versions.
====
[[makefile-versions-ex-pkg-version]]
@@ -1576,8 +1576,8 @@
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-This creates a versioning scheme that increases over time, and that is still
-before version `0` (see crossref:makefiles[makefile-versions-ex-pkg-version, Using man:pkg-version\[8\] to Compare Versions] for details on man:pkg-version[8]):
+This creates a versioning scheme that increases over time, and that is still before version `0`.
+See crossref:makefiles[makefile-versions-ex-pkg-version, this secion on how to compare versions] using man:pkg-version[8]):
[source,shell]
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@@ -1622,7 +1622,8 @@
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This creates a versioning scheme that increases over time (well, over commits), and does not conflict with the creation of a `0.7.4` version.
-(See crossref:makefiles[makefile-versions-ex-pkg-version, Using man:pkg-version\[8\] to Compare Versions] for details on man:pkg-version[8]):
+
+See crossref:makefiles[makefile-versions-ex-pkg-version, this section for how to compare versions] using man:pkg-version[8]):
Since `portlint` uses heuristics to try to figure out errors, it can produce false positive warnings.
In addition, occasionally something that is flagged as a problem really cannot be done in any other way due to limitations in the ports framework.
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-When in doubt, the best thing to do is ask on {freebsd-ports}.
-pass:[<!-- vale Vale.Terms = YES -->]
+
+When in doubt, the best thing to do is ask on the FreeBSD Ports mailing list: link:https://lists.freebsd.org/subscription/freebsd-ports[freebsd-ports].
[[testing-porttools]]
== Port Tools
@@ -353,9 +352,9 @@
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updates the specified jail to the latest version available.
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+
For FreeBSD releases, update to the latest patchlevel with man:freebsd-update[8].
-pass:[<!-- vale Vale.Terms = YES -->]
+
For FreeBSD versions built from source, update to the latest git revision in the branch.