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Improve documentation of BSDINSTALL_DISTSITE and mdoc.

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@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ but non-interactively according to the disk setup specified in
.Ar parameters .
Each disk setup is specified by a three-part argument:
.Pp
.Ar disk [scheme] [{partitions}]
.Ar disk
.Op Ar scheme
.Op Ar {partitions}
.Pp
Multiple disk setups are separated by semicolons. The
.Ar disk
@ -141,7 +143,9 @@ argument is also optional and specifies how to partition
It consists of a comma-separated list of partitions to create enclosed in
curly braces. Each partition declaration takes the form
.Pp
.Ar size type [mount point]
.Ar size
.Ar type
.Op Ar mount point
.Pp
.Ar size
specifies the partition size to create in bytes (K, M, and G suffixes
@ -209,13 +213,27 @@ process. Many are used internally during installation and have reasonable
default values for most installation scenarios. Others are set by various
interactive user prompts, and can be usefully overridden when making scripted
or customized installers.
.Bl -tag -width ".Ev BSDINSTALL_DISTDIR"
.Bl -tag -width ".Ev BSDINSTALL_DISTSITE"
.It Ev DISTRIBUTIONS
The set of distributions to install (e.g. "base kernel ports"). Default: none
.It Ev BSDINSTALL_DISTDIR
The directory in which the distribution files can be found (or to which they
should be downloaded). Default:
.Pa /usr/freebsd-dist
.It Ev BSDINSTALL_DISTSITE
URL from which the distribution files should be downloaded if they are not
already present in the directory defined by
.Ev BSDINSTALL_DISTDIR .
This should be a full path to the files, including architecture and release
names. Most targets (e.g.
.Cm auto
and
.Cm jail )
that prompt for a
.Fx
mirror will skip that step if this variable is already defined in the
environment. Example:
.Pa ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/powerpc/powerpc64/9.1-RELEASE
.It Ev BSDINSTALL_CHROOT
The directory into which the distribution files should be unpacked and the
directory at which the root file system of the new system should be mounted.
@ -286,8 +304,9 @@ which is passed to the
.Cm scriptedpart
target to control disk setup.
.Ss SETUP SCRIPT
Following the preamble is a shell script, beginning with a #! declaration.
This script will be run at the end of the installation process inside a
Following the preamble is an optional shell script, beginning with a #!
declaration. This script will be run at the end of the installation process
inside a
.Xr chroot 8
environment in the newly installed system and can be used to set up
configuration files, install packages, etc. Note that newly configured