Package Building Procedures
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6 Anatomy of a Build

A full build without any -no options performs the following operations in the specified order:

An update of the current ports tree from the ZFS snapshot[1]
An update of the running branch's src tree from the ZFS snapshot[1]
Checks which ports do not have a SUBDIR entry in their respective category's Makefile[1]
Creates the duds file, which is a list of ports not to build[1][2]
Generates a fresh INDEX file[1][2]
Sets up the nodes that will be used in the build[1][2]
Builds a list of restricted ports[1][2]
Builds packages (phase 1)[3]
Performs another node setup[1]
Builds packages (phase 2)[3]

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[1]	Status of these steps can be found in `${arch}/${branch}/build.log` as well as on stderr of the tty running the `dopackages` command.
[2]	If any of these steps fail, the build will stop cold in its tracks.
[3]	Status of these steps can be found in `${arch}/${branch}/journal`. Individual ports will write their build logs to `${arch}/${branch}/logs/` and their error logs to `${arch}/${branch}/errors/`.