Ports Collection

[Paul D.Lathrop]

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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:
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>> 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.
>
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> Erik Trulsson
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Thanks, will do.

(Never thought there would *be* a man page :-) )

- -Paul
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