From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 13 22: 2:54 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F21815369 for ; Wed, 13 Oct 1999 22:02:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@wintelcom.net) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA13182; Wed, 13 Oct 1999 22:22:59 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 22:22:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Alfred Perlstein To: Arcady Genkin Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ports system *rocks* (was: CVSup conceptual question) In-Reply-To: <871zayvcps.fsf_-_@main.wgaf.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG cd /usr/ports/catagory/port ; make pretty-print-build-depends-list -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@rush.net|alfred@freebsd.org] Wintelcom systems administrator and programmer - http://www.wintelcom.net/ [bright@wintelcom.net] On 13 Oct 1999, Arcady Genkin wrote: > I'm *very* impressed with the way ports stuff is organized. What a > wonderful organization, makes much more sense than Linux's package > systems. Takes strain off FreeBSD's ftp servers, too, because the > packages get downloaded from their own home sites... > > The FAQ in section 4.6 of the handbook answered most of my > questions. However, here goes another one: > > Q: How do I find out what other ports does a port depend on? > > Thanks! > > -- > Arcady Genkin http://wgaf.dyndns.org > "You should seek your enemy, you should wage your war -- a war for your > opinions. And if your opinion is defeated, your honesty should still cry > triumph over that!" (F. Nietzsche) > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message