From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 22 13:46:54 2003 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 41D6516A4CE for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2003 13:46:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F10A43D5A for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2003 13:46:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) hBMLkPWP030250 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:46:25 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id hBMLkPcJ030249; Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:46:25 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:46:25 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: fbsd_user Message-ID: <20031222214625.GA30067@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , fbsd_user , "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="PEIAKu/WMn1b1Hv9" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.61 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.61 (1.212.2.1-2003-12-09-exp) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" Subject: Re: doc on make command 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, 22 Dec 2003 21:46:54 -0000 --PEIAKu/WMn1b1Hv9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 04:30:12PM -0500, fbsd_user wrote: > I am looking for documentation on the make command=20 > that is used to install ports.=20 > The man page says there is an tutorial, but does=20 > not say where it's at or how to get to it. >=20 > make search=3D =20 > make install clean > make all-depends-list > make index > make fetch-recursive >=20 > and the list go on and on. Most of the popular make(1) targets are documented in the ports(7) man page. The tutorial on make(1) itself is /usr/share/doc/psd/12.make/paper.ascii.gz (or you might have a PostScript version there instead, depending on how you set the PRINTERDEVICE variable in /etc/make.conf) There's also some stuff in the Developer's Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/in= dex.html However, the best tutorial if you want to progress beyond those introductory treatments is simply to study the way Makefiles are used in /usr/ports and /usr/src -- the files in /usr/share/mk and /usr/ports/Mk are where it's at. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --PEIAKu/WMn1b1Hv9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/52YxdtESqEQa7a0RAjjjAJ0exaSCR+W1JwPYmDVzee8VY40N8wCcDYzS l3y0B0swQOui9BQbKuvvofk= =7lQZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --PEIAKu/WMn1b1Hv9--