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Date:      Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:54:02 -0500
From:      Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: the 'make' command in the ports tree
Message-ID:  <49E262FA.5030707@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <49E22E15.3090007@gmail.com>
References:  <49E22E15.3090007@gmail.com>

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dede wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm a long time user of BSDs, and I don't find man pages or 
> documentation on the way I can master the port collection (specialy 
> the fonction of make).
> I found this, interesting: 
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/ports-using.html, but 
> some interogations persist.
> I search a command that list all availables variables that afect 
> program installation, and all arguments I can give to the 
> /usr/port/Makefile  (I know about 'make search key= and name=' is 
> there another?).
>
> Could anyone give me some cool addresses to learn on the subject?
>
>
Not sure if I understand your question fully, but this is a great place 
to learn about different options available when manipulating ports.

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ports&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+7.1-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html



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