Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 23:02:37 -0700 From: Danny MacMillan <flowers@users.sourceforge.net> To: Mark Jayson Alvarez <jay2xra@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where can I find those various make arguments (e.g. install, search, maintainer, build) Message-ID: <20041116060237.GA8332@procyon.nekulturny.org> In-Reply-To: <20041116033458.89117.qmail@web51603.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20041116033458.89117.qmail@web51603.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 08:34:58PM -0700, Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote: > I want to know where can I find those various make > arguments. For example, when invoking 'make search > key=.." while inside /usr/ports, I can easily locate > the ports I am looking for. I want to know what else > can I 'make' aside from: > > search key="value" > install > buildkernel > buildworld > maintainer > clean > > Kindly point me to a manual or something these various > options or arguments of 'make" are defined. Technically, what you're asking about is make targets. These are defined in, and completely dependent on, the makefile, not make itself. Within the ports tree, a system of makefiles provides the targets you list above and others. A complete list is in ports(7). You can also read the makefiles themselves. make(1) will help you decipher them. -- Danny
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