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Date:      Sun, 2 Sep 2001 22:35:54 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Jason C Roberts <dirtycatfish@juno.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: compiling ports
Message-ID:  <20010902223554.A27615@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <200109030414.f834E6R26926@ptavv.es.net>; from oberman@es.net on Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 09:14:06PM -0700
References:  <20010901213924.B8434@xor.obsecurity.org> <200109030414.f834E6R26926@ptavv.es.net>

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On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 09:14:06PM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote:

> > On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 09:21:08PM -0700, Jason C Roberts wrote:
> > > Here's the output of 'uname -a': 'FreeBSD 4.3-Release FreeBSD 4.3-Rel=
ease
> > > #0: Sat Apr 21 10:54:49 GMT 2001.'
> > >=3D20
> > > My question is:  is there anything I need to do besides installing the
> > > ports collection and typing "make build" in the given directory to
> > > compile the given port?  After reading the handbook that's all it app=
ears
> > > I need to do; however I get this error messege, for example, after ty=
ping
> > > "make build":
> >=20
> > 'make build' isn't a valid target.  You probably wanted something else
> > like 'make install clean'
>=20
> Odd. I know that the handbook at one time recommended "make build" and
> "make install" to build and install a port. In my fairly recent stable
> I still see it documented in /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk.

Actually I was wrong..'make build' is a synonym for 'make' with no
explicit target.

Kris

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