+ diagnostic

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/share/man/man5/bsd.port.mk.5 b/share/man/man5/bsd.port.mk.5
index d6a794958e6..63501726450 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/bsd.port.mk.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/bsd.port.mk.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: bsd.port.mk.5,v 1.331 2012/02/23 11:14:30 espie Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: bsd.port.mk.5,v 1.332 2012/03/22 14:12:00 espie Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Marc Espie
 .\"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: February 23 2012 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: March 22 2012 $
 .Dt BSD.PORT.MK 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -2774,6 +2774,15 @@ resulting in a double inclusion.
 This would lead to weird results, such as
 .Ev PKG_ARGS
 being defined twice.
+.It "Fatal: <PORTSDIR> is a symlink. Please set to the real directory"
+A few ports get lost if
+.Pa /usr/ports
+points elsewhere.
+You should set
+.Ev PORTSDIR
+in
+.Pa /etc/mk.conf
+to the real location of the ports directory.
 .It "Fatal: SUBPACKAGES should always begin with -: <offending list>"
 That is the only way to differentiate between
 .Ev FLAVOR