From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 28 07:55:18 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B91C16A4CE for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 07:55:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F19D143D46 for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 07:55:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@kelleycows.com) Received: from [10.3.29.200] (c-24-30-114-40.hsd1.ca.comcast.net[24.30.114.40]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2005032807551701100llvabe>; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 07:55:17 +0000 Message-ID: <4247B860.8060600@kelleycows.com> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 23:55:12 -0800 From: Christopher Kelley User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050325) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20050328062927.8869416A512@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20050328062927.8869416A512@hub.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Jay O'Brien Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 92, Issue 40 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 07:55:18 -0000 Jay O'Brien wrote: >Alec, > >Thanks, I searched the FreeBSD Handbook for "dependency" and didn't find any >reference to "make search". I guess it is one of those things that once you >know about it you don't have to look for it any more. Unfortunately a lot >of the documentation I can review is written for those folks who already >know the answers. > >Thanks for the heads up on 'make search', even if I can't find a complete >description of the command. I find that it is referenced in the manual, >however. > >I see that several of the packages that were installed aren't listed in the >dependencies for portupgrade. Only the two ruby programs are listed. > >Jay > > Jay, I have found the FreeBSD basics articles over at onlamp.com to be invaluable. Linky: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/15 The two articles "portupgrade" and "Ports Tricks" (currently about 13 articles down) are valuable enough to me that I printed them out! I know it does sometimes seem that you need to know the answer before you know what to google for, but until someone invents a better way to search (e.g. somehow knowing the context of your search), it's worth trying a few different things in google. Christopher