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Date:      Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:25:50 -0400
From:      Kurt Hackenberg <kh@panix.com>
To:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Confused by what make package should do
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On 2024/04/12 15:16, Matthew Phillips wrote:

>>  From man ports(7): "package   Make a binary package for the port.  The port
>> will be installed if it has not already been."
>>
>> I think you want "make build", also documented in that man page.
>>
>>
> 
> Thank you Kurt. Does that mean that the porters handbook is wrong (says
> it should be able to be run without root)? If so I can send a patch to
> reword that. Should the advice to be to run `make build` instead then?

I don't know. You could read the Makefiles, and you could look for a 
knowledgeable person (which is not me) to ask about the intent.




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