Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 17:27:53 -0500 From: Paul D.Lathrop <pdlathro@chartermi.net> To: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports Collection Message-ID: <AEE820FF-6235-11D7-BAD8-000393BF3DE2@chartermi.net> In-Reply-To: <20030329213601.GA42087@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday, March 29, 2003, at 04:36 PM, Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 04:29:31PM -0500, Paul D.Lathrop wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> I have a question about the ports collection. What are the possible >> "arguments" to make, and what do they do. For example, I know the >> basic >> make install and make clean, but I have heard of make fetch and >> several >> others. Is there a way to have a port tell you it's dependencies >> without installing them (so you can tune the installation of each to >> your needs)? > > May I suggest you read the ports(7) manpage? That should answer most > of your questions. The file /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk also contains > useful information. > > -- > <Insert your favourite quote here.> > Erik Trulsson > ertr1013@student.uu.se > _______________________________________________ > 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" > > Thanks, will do. (Never thought there would *be* a man page :-) ) - -Paul -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (Darwin) iD8DBQE+hh3slos2supvBQwRAthwAJwPI6ya8a76+gHzkj8dO4wcGdhkaQCfUL/k Zy5z+PffrWjTX9z7Qakw4/0= =M9ct -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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