Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 08:17:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Doug Denault <doug@safeport.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Ports - just get the required files (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1010503081449.71671B-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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This thread brings up some questions I have mean meaning to ask. When the answer is: use make some-target-I-never-heard-of, I was going to ask where can one find a list, but I went a_grep_ing and found /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk. If this is not THE list what is? And is there any place I can read about port and packages. Specifically what I am looking for is how ports, packages, and distributions relate. I have been trying to install XFree86 over a distribution without doing compiles (mostly at this point because I want to learn how, certainly not to save time :) and, I am trying to figure out the relation between the ports tree and the source tree. For example: my current systems are somewhere along the 4.2-stable line having been updated a several times. If I just cvsup the ports collection how can I ensure that I do not update a port to a 4.3 only state? On Wed, 2 May 2001, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 09:21:58AM -0700, Matthew Hunt wrote: > > On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 04:37:22AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > > > > To take this one step further, is there a way download the files > > > > required to build a port, as well as the files required to build all > > > > dependency ports that aren't already installed without making > > > > anything? > > > > > > make fetch :-) > > > > No, "make fetch" does not recurse to dependencies in my experience: > > Oops, you're right. I meant 'make fetch-recursive'. > > Kris > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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