Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:48:45 +0800 From: "Edward" <edward@rdtan.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/173704: [PATCH] Addition to port searching feature - quicksearch Message-ID: <50a91172.49ee440a.152c.5dc2@mx.google.com> Resent-Message-ID: <201211181650.qAIGo1Tl043374@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 173704
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [PATCH] Addition to port searching feature - quicksearch
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Nov 18 16:50:01 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Edward
>Release: FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE amd64
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD docs 8.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE #0: Mon Apr 9 21:23:18 UTC 2012 root@mason.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
>Description:
Searching for a port in /usr/ports has another feature other then "make search name=port-name", is "make quicksearch name=port-name". This patch attempt to add a brief intro and example of using this feature.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
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--- chapter.xml.original 2012-11-18 01:38:13.000000000 +0800
+++ chapter.xml 2012-11-19 00:15:49.000000000 +0800
@@ -349,19 +349,32 @@
provided is not needed in order to install the port, so it
will not be covered here.</para>
+ <para>Alternatively, there is another search feature from ports that
+ achieves the same purpose but with less noise, the
+ <command>quicksearch</command> feature. This feature accepts the same
+ parameter as the <command>search</command> feature. For example,
+ searching for <command>lsof</command> would return:</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>make quicksearch name=lsof</userinput>
+Port: lsof-4.87.a,7
+Path: /usr/ports/sysutils/lsof
+Info: Lists information about open files (similar to fstat(1))</screen>
+
<para>For more in-depth searching you can also use
<command>make <maketarget>search</maketarget>
- key=<replaceable>string</replaceable></command> where
- <replaceable>string</replaceable> is some text to search
- for. This searches port names, comments, descriptions and
- dependencies and can be used to find ports which relate to a
- particular subject if you do not know the name of the
- program you are looking for.</para>
-
- <para>In both of these cases, the search string is
- case-insensitive. Searching for <quote>LSOF</quote> will
- yield the same results as searching for
- <quote>lsof</quote>.</para>
+ key=<replaceable>string</replaceable></command> or <command>make
+ <maketarget>quicksearch</maketarget>
+ key=<replaceable>string</replaceable></command>, where
+ <replaceable>string</replaceable> is some text to search for. This
+ searches port names, comments, descriptions and dependencies and can be
+ used to find ports which relate to a particular subject if you do not
+ know the name of the program you are looking for.</para>
+
+ <para>In both of these cases (<maketarget>search</maketarget> and
+ <maketarget>quicksearch</maketarget>), the search string is
+ case-insensitive. Searching for <quote>LSOF</quote> will yield the same
+ results as searching for <quote>lsof</quote>.</para>
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</sect1>
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