Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 21:17:23 -0500 From: John Clark <jrclark@felix.iupui.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Where to find documentation on the ports collection? Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960520212155.002f6e24@felix.iupui.edu>
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I am trying to use the ports collection with only the scant information available in the handbook. Does anyone know where documentation on "how to use the ports collection" can be found? I have tried to get just the "Makefile" and put it into some subdirectory, and then type "make." It does seem to fetch a few files, then it chokes and spits out all kinds of errors -- obviously doing this wrong. It would be nice if this "ports" collection were documented somewhere -- or it is and I can't find it. Seems like it should be so simple... Oh well, I'll just edit the config files by hand until I can figure it all out. A better idea would be to have a ports script that could be downloaded and run to yield a list of current ports that will run under the OS that the script was executed from. But then what do I know, I am just some fool who can't figure out how the ports collection works with zero documentation. :( --John [jrclark@indy.net]
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