From: Philip Paeps <philip@trouble.is>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 07:41:28 +0000 (+0800)
Subject: Documentation: update FreeBSD build instructions
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Documentation: update FreeBSD build instructions

While binary packages are available, some people like to build from
source.  Update the instructions for building from a port, a release
tarball or a Git checkout.
---

diff --git a/docs/installation.md b/docs/installation.md
index becafb22..f3c137cf 100644
--- a/docs/installation.md
+++ b/docs/installation.md
@@ -341,33 +341,28 @@ sudo make install
 
 ### FreeBSD version
 
-The following steps are for FreeBSD 12.0.
+The following steps are for FreeBSD 12.0 and later.
 
-`curl` library is needed, so in case it isn't already installed there's a port to install it:
+FORT validator is available as part of the FreeBSD ports tree.  You can build it it effortlessly from there:
 
 {% highlight bash %}
-cd /usr/ports/ftp/curl
-make config
-su
+cd /usr/ports/net/fort
 make install clean
-exit
 {% endhighlight %}
 
-From there on, the installation steps are:
+The ports system will find and install all the necessary dependencies for you.
 
-{% highlight bash %}
-su
-pkg install autoconf automake gcc jansson pkgconf rsync libxml2
-exit
+Should you want to build from a release tarball or a Git checkout, follow these instructions:
 
-curl -L https://github.com/NICMx/FORT-validator/releases/download/{{ site.fort-latest-version }}/fort-{{ site.fort-latest-version }}.tar.gz --output fort-{{ site.fort-latest-version }}.tar.gz
+{% highlight bash %}
+pkg install autotools curl jansson pkgconf rsync libxml2
+fetch https://github.com/NICMx/FORT-validator/releases/download/{{ site.fort-latest-version }}/fort-{{ site.fort-latest-version }}.tar.gz
 tar xvzf fort-{{ site.fort-latest-version }}.tar.gz
 cd fort-{{ site.fort-latest-version }}/
+sh ./autoconf.sh
 ./configure
 make
-su
 make install
-exit
 {% endhighlight %}
 
 ### Slackware version