ports: make search in handbook and ports(7)

Kirill Ponomarew krion at voodoo.oberon.net
Thu Aug 5 05:06:14 UTC 2004


Hi,

On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 01:37:07AM +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> As you might know, the search target in ${PORTSDIR}/Mk/bsd.port.subdir.mk
> has been somewhat extended, it now provides more than just name=string
> or key=string, you can search on key, name, path, info, bdeps, and rdeps
> individually (using EREs), perform negative searches, control case
> sensitivity, fields to display in the result, and the scope of the key
> parameter.
> 
> I'm looking for someone who is willing to document the new capabilities
> by writing something for the handbook, ports(7), and the usage message
> in bsd.port.subdir.mk.  I honestly tried to write something up, but
> failed to produce anything reasonable.

I've written about these new features in ports(7), but if you
want to add some more information, feel free to contact me ;)

> If you want to give it a try, there's a few examples you could perhaps
> base the text(s) on in the ports' CHANGES file, see
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/CHANGES.diff?r1=1.18&r2=1.19

-Kirill
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