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From: Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@munk.nu>
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Subject: Re: doc on make command
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On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 04:30:12PM -0500, fbsd_user wrote:
> I am looking for documentation on the make command 
> that is used to install ports. 
> The man page says there is an tutorial, but does 
> not say where it's at or how to get to it.
> 
> make search=  
> make install clean
> make all-depends-list
> make index
> make fetch-recursive
> 
> and the list go on and on.
In addition to what's already been said, have a look at the comments in
the following file which detail which targets you can pass to the make
command:

/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk

(search for 'Default targets').

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