From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 29 13:36:06 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D8F137B401 for ; Sat, 29 Mar 2003 13:36:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from falcon.midgard.homeip.net (h76n3fls20o913.telia.com [213.67.148.76]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 64F4F43FB1 for ; Sat, 29 Mar 2003 13:36:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ertr1013@student.uu.se) Received: (qmail 42131 invoked by uid 1001); 29 Mar 2003 21:36:02 -0000 Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 22:36:01 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: "Paul D.Lathrop" Message-ID: <20030329213601.GA42087@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: "Paul D.Lathrop" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <875F3AEA-622D-11D7-BAD8-000393BF3DE2@chartermi.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <875F3AEA-622D-11D7-BAD8-000393BF3DE2@chartermi.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports Collection X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 21:36:09 -0000 On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 04:29:31PM -0500, Paul D.Lathrop wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have a question about the ports collection. What are the possible > "arguments" to make, and what do they do. For example, I know the basic > make install and make clean, but I have heard of make fetch and several > others. Is there a way to have a port tell you it's dependencies > without installing them (so you can tune the installation of each to > your needs)? May I suggest you read the ports(7) manpage? That should answer most of your questions. The file /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk also contains useful information. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se