Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:27:12 -0500 From: JD Arnold <jdarnold@buddydog.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make targets, was: Running qmail Message-ID: <dpjabh$41j$1@sea.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <fb6605670512181710h23d03c5dre117f9e2afdfb464@mail.gmail.com> References: <fb6605670512181710h23d03c5dre117f9e2afdfb464@mail.gmail.com>
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Michael P. Soulier wrote: > On 12/18/05, Shantanoo Mahajan <shantanoo@gmail.com> wrote: >> Daemontools can be found out by: >> >> cd /usr/ports && make search name=daemontools > > Where are these make options in ports documented? I'd like to know all > of the options available in ports. I usually just cd /usr/ports && ls > -d */*daemontools* 1] There is a script for searching the ports too. Check out /usr/ports/Tools/scripts for the portsearch script, and it's "man" page, README.portsearch. Plenty of search options in there. 2] I normally just use the freebsd.org ports web page to search for a port. It has the best interface. 3] I talk about the ports Makefile here: http://freebsd.amazingdev.com/blog/archives/000140.html > A target that tells me what a port has in the way of options would be nice too. For that, you just need to read the Makefile in the port folder. It's usually pretty self explanatory. -- Jonathan Arnold (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org) Daemon Dancing in the Dark, a FreeBSD weblog: http://freebsd.amazingdev.com/blog/ UNIX is user-friendly. It's just a bit picky about who its friends are.
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