1. Introduction
2. Installing MacPorts
2.1. Install Xcode
2.2. Install MacPorts
2.3. Upgrade MacPorts
2.4. Uninstall MacPorts
2.5. MacPorts and the Shell
3. Using MacPorts
3.1. The port Command
3.2. Port Variants
3.3. Common Tasks
3.4. Port Binaries
4. Portfile Development
4.1. Portfile Introduction
4.2. Creating a Portfile
4.3. Example Portfiles
4.4. Port Variants
4.5. Patch Files
4.6. Local Portfile Repositories
4.7. Portfile Best Practices
4.8. MacPorts' buildbot
5. Portfile Reference
5.1. Global Keywords
5.2. Global Variables
5.3. Port Phases
5.4. Dependencies
5.5. Variants
5.6. Tcl Extensions & Useful Tcl Commands
5.7. StartupItems
5.8. Livecheck / Distcheck
5.9. PortGroups
5.10. PortGroup Introduction
5.11. PortGroup github
5.12. PortGroup gnustep
5.13. PortGroup golang
5.14. PortGroup haskell
5.15. PortGroup java
5.16. PortGroup perl5
5.17. PortGroup python
5.18. PortGroup ruby
5.19. PortGroup xcode
6. MacPorts Internals
6.1. File Hierarchy
6.2. Configuration Files
6.3. Port Images
6.4. APIs and Libs
6.5. The MacPorts Registry
6.6. Tests
7. MacPorts Project
7.1. Using Trac for Tickets
7.2. Using Git and GitHub
7.3. Contributing to MacPorts
7.4. Port Update Policies
7.5. Updating Documentation
7.6. MacPorts Membership
7.7. The PortMgr Team
8. MacPorts Guide Glossary
Glossary

7.5. Updating Documentation

7.5.1. Updating the Guide

The sources for this guide are kept in a Git repository on GitHub. If you spot any error or outdated information, you are encouraged to submit a pull request following the steps outlined below.

7.5.1.1. Preparing Changes

  1. $ git clone https://github.com/macports/macports-guide.git
    $ cd macports-guide
    $ git remote add username https://github.com/username/macports-guide.git
  2. Install the required ports:

    $ sudo port install libxslt docbook-xsl

7.5.1.2. Proposing a Change

For each change you want to make:

  1. Make your changes to the file in the guide/xml/ directory that corresponds to the section you want to make changes to.

    $ $EDITOR guide/xml/guide.xml
  2. Verify your changes are still valid XML. If the +make validate+ command reports errors, fix the XML sources until you see no more error messages

    $ make validate
  3. Convert the guide to HTML and view the new version in your browser.

    $ make guide
    $ open guide/html/index.html
  4. Commit your changes to the local branch and describe your changes in the commit message. See also our wiki page CommitMessages that explains how to write good commit messages.

    $ git commit -a