Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 14:29:01 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usr/ports make readmes & description Message-ID: <20200930142901.10e1bab2.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20200930005948.GA82633@bastion.zyxst.net> References: <20200930005948.GA82633@bastion.zyxst.net>
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On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 01:59:48 +0100, tech-lists wrote: > Years ago one could go into /usr/ports and make readmes for every single port. > It'd take a while, but you'd end up with a ports tree browsable comfortably in > lynx. Nowadays, make readmes only works for the top level ie /usr/ports/category and > won't make the longer descriptions in HTML. > > How can I get the old behaviour back? According to "man 7 ports", this is still supported: readmes Create a port's README.html. This can be used from /usr/ports to create a browsable web of all ports on your system! See /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.subdir.mk for the target. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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