Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

[Abu Khaled]

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 21:51:28 -0800, Michael C. Shultz
<ringworm01 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 27 March 2005 09:41 pm, Jay O'Brien wrote:
> > 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
> 
> It would be nice if the ports make options were better documented, but
> you can read through /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk and find information
> on the various options.
> 
> here is an example:
> 
> # all-depends-list
> #                         - Show all directories which are dependencies
> #                                 for this port.
> 
> then
> 
> cd /usr/ports/lang/ezm3/
> make all-depends-list
> 
> result:
> 
> /usr/ports/converters/libiconv
> /usr/ports/devel/gettext
> /usr/ports/devel/gmake
> /usr/ports/devel/libtool15
> 
> -Mike
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Thank you Michael for the very usefull information.
Ahh, can't say how much I've learned after joining the lists.

-- 
Kind regards
Abu Khaled