From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 19 0:43: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mail.waag.org (A20.waag.org [194.134.18.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 636F037B41B for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2002 00:42:46 -0800 (PST) Received: (from pankaj@localhost) by mail.waag.org (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian 8.9.3-21) id JAA13828 for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 19 Feb 2002 09:35:06 +0100 Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 09:34:50 +0100 From: Pankaj To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make in freebsd Message-ID: <20020219093450.A13798@sarai.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i X-Reader: Look maa I use mutt. Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tuesday 19 February 2002 13:23, Erik Trulsson wrote: > > No, it is a feature of the makefiles. 'Make' itself doesn't know > anything about fetching sources and so on. > Most of the dirty work is done in /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk which is > included by the port makefiles. which means I can safely use a similar makefile and have it *nix specific and also download what i need automatically. I may be asking dumb questions cuz i dont know anything about Makefiles I better go RTFM <-- any links ThanX -- regards Pankaj To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message