Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 23:52:28 -0600 From: "Jonathan Horne" <jhorne@dfwlp.com> To: "'Peter'" <petermatulis@yahoo.ca>, "'Jonathan Horne'" <freebsd@dfwlp.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: method for installing ports Message-ID: <200603260552.k2Q5q4W5006700@zeus.int.dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <20060326054028.98598.qmail@web60013.mail.yahoo.com>
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Thanks to you both! That defiantly clears it up, and explains some of the behavior ive seen when I go back to redo something from ports ive already done :) Cheers, jonathan -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Peter Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 11:40 PM To: Jonathan Horne; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: method for installing ports --- Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> wrote: > Ive read many many guides found all over the net in the past few > days, and > they can never seem to agree on the way a port is installed. I see > these > methods: > > Make install Installs a port and any needed build dependencies. > Make install clean Same as above but removes the uncompressed source code. > Make install distclean Same as above but removes the distribution files (the compressed source code). Do this if you will be building on some other architecture or if you will never use the source code again. > What is the difference between the 3, and are there legitimate times > when one is preferred over the other? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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