Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 14:00:18 -0700 (PDT) From: pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/20788: ports make machinery lacks `make help` Message-ID: <20000822210018.4212437B43C@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 20788 >Category: ports >Synopsis: ports make machinery lacks `make help` >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-ports >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Aug 22 14:10:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Gerald Pfeifer >Release: 4.1-STABLE >Organization: >Environment: n/a >Description: The make machinery of the ports (sub)tree offers tons of commands which are not always easy to remember, yet `make help` does not exist. I am aware of the Handbook etc., but really, `make help` with a single line for each of the standard targets like fetch,... would we very useful. >How-To-Repeat: % cd .../ports/some/ports % make help make: don't know how to make help. Stop >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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