From: Paul Floyd <pjfloyd@wanadoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 19:03:25 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: FreeBSD: update README.freebsd
X-Git-Tag: VALGRIND_3_22_0~52
X-Git-Url: https://sourceware.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=06b74252de278528472f67974a9b3aa6368c4247;p=valgrind.git

FreeBSD: update README.freebsd

Remove specific version numbers for availability.
Add more details about releases of devel/valgrind and
devel/valgrind-devel
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diff --git a/README.freebsd b/README.freebsd
index 449796353f..bd5e7735b2 100644
--- a/README.freebsd
+++ b/README.freebsd
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 Installing from ports or via pkg
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-If you are using FreeBSD 11.3 or later, then you should be able to install
-Valgrind using either
+You can install Valgrind using either
 
 pkg install devel/valgrind
 
@@ -10,6 +9,14 @@ or alternatively from ports (if installed)
 
 cd /usr/ports/devel/valgrind && make install clean
 
+devel/valgrind is updated with official releases of Valgrind, normally
+in April and October each year. There is an alternative port,
+devel/valgrind-devel which occasionally gets updated from the latest
+Valgrind source. If you want to have the latest port, check on
+https://www.freshports.org/ to see which is the most recent. If you
+want to have the very latest version, you will need to build a copy
+from source. See README for instructions on getting the source with git.
+
 
 Building Valgrind
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~