Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 16:18:58 -0500 (EST) From: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: Wayne Lubin <wayneclubin@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make's default actions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0203141614580.30542-100000@xena.gsicomp.on.ca> In-Reply-To: <20020314212239.97536.qmail@web14703.mail.yahoo.com>
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This "default action" on applies when the makefile includes <bsd.port.mk> or both of <bsd.port.pre.mk> and <bsd.port.post.mk>. (There are found in /usr/ports/Mk, and have all the rules required to implement the fetch, extract, patch, configure, build and install targets.) -- Matthew Emmerton || matt@gsicomp.on.ca GSI Computer Services || http://www.gsicomp.on.ca On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Wayne Lubin wrote: > Hi, > > If you read the porters handbook it states that when > someone types "make" into a port directory make will > go in order to the following targets: > > fetch, extract, patch, configure, build > > This is refered to as make's default action. My > question is how is this acheived? Does freebsd use > some hached version of make? This clearly is not > standard actions for the make utility. If I wanted to > do a software project of my own on freebsd not related > to the port collection or porting at all for that > matter, and wanted to use the make utility, would the > make program still go through this default action, and > if so, how do I turn it off. Thanks for your help. > > Wayne > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage > http://sports.yahoo.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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