Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 17:10:23 +0800 From: leafy <leafy@leafy.idv.tw> To: Clint Olsen <clint@0lsen.net> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Ports gripe Message-ID: <20040506091023.GA19885@chihiro.leafy.idv.tw> In-Reply-To: <20040506085427.GB20499@0lsen.net> References: <20040506081747.GA7969@0lsen.net> <20040506082107.GA46385@xor.obsecurity.org> <20040506083437.GA20499@0lsen.net> <20040506084139.GA46638@xor.obsecurity.org> <20040506085427.GB20499@0lsen.net>
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On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 01:54:27AM -0700, Clint Olsen wrote:
> On May 06, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >
> > Um, what "port interface"?
>
> Portupgrade and friends.
portupgrade is also a port by itself. Not strictly the 'port interface'
:)
> Thanks for the links. It doesn't really cover the fundamental issues -
> explaining the relationship between a port, a package, when to use make or
> when it's better to use port{install,upgrade} etc. I have seen messages
A package is just a pre-compiled port. It still adheres to the port
infrastructure.
> saying that portupgrade is preferred for a particular port over 'make
> install'.
portupgrade can specify port-specific make flags through
${localbase}/etc/pkgtools.conf, you can read on that one. I do agree
it's better than just 'make install' for many ports.
> In your original mail, you said I should have done "make all deinstall
> reinstall". However, the first question that came out of my mind was, what
> exactly does the 'all' target do in this case, and are you referring to all
> the ports or just this one port in particular?
'all' applies to the particular port Makefile, with lots of different
targets based on which .mk file it includes. Basically
ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk lists the most common targets. They are also
partially documented in the Porter's Handbook.
Jiawei
--
"Without the userland, the kernel is useless."
--inspired by The Tao of Programming
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