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Subject: Re: a question about the pkg_add and "make install clean"
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On Tuesday 29 March 2005 05:17, Kent Stewart wrote:
> On Monday 28 March 2005 07:27 pm, well sun wrote:

> >    That is if I want to install the latest version, I should use the
> >    "make install" or get the xxx.tbz from the freebsd-current
> > directory. Is it correct?
>
> You have to understand up front that the KDE people will tell you that
> "make install clean" will not build a clean KDE. You have to make and
> then, make install for all of the pieces to be built.

"make install clean" will build kde. 

It's a metaport, the component parts will be built as dependencies. It's 
updating or deleting  the kde port that doesn't  affect the components.