5.2. The FreeBSD Documentation Build Toolset

5.2. The FreeBSD Documentation Build Toolset
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These are the tools used to build and install the FDP documentation.

The primary build tool is make(1), specifically Berkeley Make.
Package building is handled by FreeBSD's pkg-create(8).
gzip(1) is used to create compressed versions of the document. bzip2(1) archives are also supported. tar(1) is used for package building.
install(1) is used to install the documentation.

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