Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 14:20:02 -0800 (PST) From: Andrew McKay <andy@openirc.co.uk> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/34209: more difficult way of searching for a port's path in handbook section 4.5.2 Message-ID: <200201232220.g0NMK2B60503@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/34209; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Andrew McKay <andy@openirc.co.uk> To: Marian Cerny <cerny@spnv.sk> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/34209: more difficult way of searching for a port's path in handbook section 4.5.2 Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 22:12:36 +0000 (GMT) The following patch attempts to address this issue. This patch is also available from http://www.openirc.co.uk/freebsd/ --- chapter.sgml Thu Dec 13 13:59:27 2001 +++ chapter.sgml.new Wed Jan 23 21:40:57 2002 @@ -652,13 +652,13 @@ ports collection's built-in search mechanism. To use the search feature, you will need to be in the <filename>/usr/ports</filename> directory. Once in that - directory, run <command>make search key=program-name</command> + directory, run <command>make search name=program-name</command> where <quote>program-name</quote> is the name of the program you want to find. For example, if you were looking for <command>lsof</command>:</para> <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports</userinput> -&prompt.root; <userinput>make search key=lsof</userinput> +&prompt.root; <userinput>make search name=lsof</userinput> Port: lsof-4.56.4 Path: /usr/ports/sysutils/lsof Info: Lists information about open files (similar to fstat(1)) @@ -672,6 +672,17 @@ find it. The other information provided is not needed in order to install the port directly, so it will not be covered here.</para> + + <para>For more in-depth searching you can also use + <command>make search key=string</command> where + <quote>string</quote> is some text to search for. This searches + port names, comments, descriptions and dependencies and can be used + to find ports which relate to a particular subject if you don't + know the name of the program you are looking for.</para> + + <para>In both of these cases, the search string is case-insensitive. + Searching for <quote>LSOF</quote> will yield the same results as + searching for <quote>lsof</quote>.</para> <note> <para>You must be the <username>root</username> user to install -- Andrew McKay <andy@openirc.co.uk> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the messagehelp
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