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Date:      Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:13:46 +0800 (CST)
From:      Foxfair Hu <foxfair@drago.fomokka.net>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   docs/111594: Note the dependency checking command in Porter's handbook
Message-ID:  <20070415101346.EDF17FB5CC9@drago.fomokka.net>
Resent-Message-ID: <200704151020.l3FAK2gJ098683@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         111594
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Note the dependency checking command in Porter's handbook
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Apr 15 10:20:02 GMT 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Foxfair Hu
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD drago.fomokka.net 4.11-STABLE FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE #0: Mon Jan 15 09:18:16 CST 2007 tjs@drago.fomokka.net:/da2/obj/ad0/src/sys/DRAGO i386

>Description:
The new command 'make missing' is not mentioned anyway in our docs.
Since it is a such useful command, we should let porters know it.

>How-To-Repeat:
	
>Fix:
Apply this patch:
-----patch start-----
diff -ruN /usr/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml ./book.sgml
--- /usr/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml	Thu Apr 12 00:03:14 2007
+++ ./book.sgml	Sun Apr 15 18:11:43 2007
@@ -3147,7 +3147,8 @@
 	  you can use to ensure that all the required bits will be on the
 	  user's machine.  There are also some pre-supported dependency
 	  variables for common cases, plus a few more to control the behavior
-	  of dependencies.</para>
+	  of dependencies. You can use <replaceable>'make missing'</replaceable>
+          command to check the dependencies of one port.</para>
 
 	<sect2>
 	  <title><makevar>LIB_DEPENDS</makevar></title>


>Release-Note:
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