Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

[RW]

On Monday 28 March 2005 06:41, 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.

make seach is documented in man ports