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To: Danny Howard <dannyman@tellme.com>
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Subject: Re: Porter's Handbook ambiguity 
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From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
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Danny Howard <dannyman@tellme.com> writes:
> [ Note: I am cross-posting -ports and -doc.  Please trim your replies as
> appropriate. ]
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/porters-handbook/porting-portlint.html
> 
> 2.5. Checking your port with portlint
> 
> Please use portlint to see if your port conforms to our guidelines. The
> portlint program is part of the ports collection. In particular, you may
> want to check if the Makefile is in the right shape and the package is
> named appropriately.
> 
> Okay, but where is portlint?  How do I use it?
> 
> 0-17:37 dannyman@noneedto ~/work/ports/p5-Net-XWhois> portlint
> portlint: Command not found.
> 1-17:37 dannyman@noneedto ~/work/ports/p5-Net-XWhois> make portlint
> make: don't know how to make portlint. Stop

"Part of the ports collection" means it's a port.

	dima@bazooka% make search name=portlint
	Port:   portlint-2.3.2
	Path:   /usr/ports/devel/portlint
	Info:   A verifier for FreeBSD port directory
	Maint:  mharo@FreeBSD.org
	Index:  devel
	B-deps: 
	R-deps: 

	dima@bazooka% cd devel/portlint
	dima@bazooka% make
	...



> 
> Hrmmm.
> 
> Also, I asked on -ports about why don't the Perl modules build honoring
> PREFIX and was told that the ports collection was broken in this
> regards.  I suppose it would be neat if there were someone who grokked
> this and could bring -doc up to speed.  I may qualify in a few weeks
> once I've burned myself enough times.
> 
> Thanks,
> -danny
> 
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