Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

[Jay O'Brien]

stheg olloydson wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> They are recursive dependencies. Check each ports requirements.
> cvsup-without-gui depends on ezm3. ezm3 depends on gmake,
> gettext and libiconv. libiconv depends on libtool...and the foot
> bone's connected to the toe bone :). 
> 
> hth,
> 
> stheg
> 

stheg, 

Thank you. Great learning experience. Especially 'make search'. That is 
very useful. But how does it work (/usr/ports/Makefile doesn't have a 
SEARCH statement) and is it documented somewhere, like in a MAN page? 

The handbook, ¶4.3, mentions 'make search' but doesn't explain how it 
works. 

Jay