Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 22:10:09 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: "Peter Brezny" <peter@sysadmin-inc.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ok guru's here's another easy one for you...make clean Message-ID: <20001214221008.A17029@student.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <005901c0662a$54075480$46010a0a@sysadmininc.com>; from peter@sysadmin-inc.com on Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 04:02:34PM -0800 References: <005901c0662a$54075480$46010a0a@sysadmininc.com>
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On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 04:02:34PM -0800, Peter Brezny wrote: > What exactly does > > make clean > > do inside a ports directory? > > I tried man make > /clean > > but came up with nothing. > > is there a good place that summarizes all the fun things you can do with > make? > > deinstall > reinstall > install > build > clean > > i know all these things exist, but i don't know exactly what they do? > These are all things that are defined by the relevant Makefiles, so exactly what they do, or if they work at all, depend on the makefile. Usually 'make clean' removes all the files that were created by a previous run of make but the details can vary. For ports you can read about the available targets and what they do using 'man ports' -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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