From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 15 17:07:23 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C674BEF for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 17:07:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qc0-x233.google.com (mail-qc0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c01::233]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1D0D32CE2 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 17:07:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f179.google.com with SMTP id n10so523922qcx.38 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 10:07:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=1oqDEH7XDjUsL5FmYOB4bQGVrmVba6ry1nLrZw4cisM=; b=lcDqweu7MQxmMbu4/ebvndkYbEvxYhclk7S9p1erJ0Xxv1b/bfzUDdv4dQYGyQ9lP4 7fq35KbeEg02yifMPcVgpUX4UqSyxjSqOgq1NHFwV6KNXrv2dtoT/FBN9+kW+PJXWwks Kqe2oJmG3Jg7Rk3wqEbVEpoAlVriPOPZtGB7nOL2gAV/c74/GO9IAxRO+/stomuHAK3N YsazCgh/m8wn9ixykbqekrLriIOOVmus7PAWls0Pyeec1CVxj5OWJ4G9LBq//tVOBzJM Iit6qls/2vFi2txW76cd7853Nt8KrxMQU2mOx6f778KFCnvvlfTQVhvKB+cqqwiwm1mB Nw4g== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.160.130 with SMTP id n2mr20312708qax.68.1376586441713; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 10:07:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.49.49.135 with HTTP; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 10:07:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 10:07:21 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Searching the port tree with portmaster? From: Freddie Cash To: LuKreme Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: freebsd-ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 17:07:23 -0000 On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 11:44 PM, LuKreme wrote: > Am I missing a search feature in postmaster? > > If not, how are people finding where a port is to install it (I had a heck > of a time finding sudo, for example) > Method 1: cd /usr/ports make quicksearch name=sudo Method 2: cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/psearch make install clean rehash psearch sudo Method 1 doesn't require any extra software, but requires a lot of typing. Method 2 is very handy and speedy, and requires much less typing once psearch is installed. Portmaster is a ports installation/upgrading tool. It's not a ports searching tool. Remember the Unix philosophy: do one thing, and do it well. :) Use separate tools for separate functions. -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com