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Date:      Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:45:51 -0400
From:      Michael Powell <nightrecon@verizon.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: make in the port tree: where can I find documentation?
Message-ID:  <grtgbk$fkm$1@ger.gmane.org>
References:  <49E22DAE.10600@gmail.com>

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sebovick wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm a long time user of BSDs, and I don't find man pages or
> documentation on the way I can master the port collection (specialy the
> fonction of make).
> I found this, interesting:
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/ports-using.html, but some
> interogations persist.
> I search a command that list all availables variables that afect program
> installation, and all arguments I can give to the /usr/port/Makefile  (I
> know about 'make search key= and name=' is there another?).
> 
> Could anyone give me some cool addresses to learn on the subject?
> 

Probably doesn't contain everything you're looking for but is good 
background material to start with:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/index.html


-Mike







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