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Date:      Sat, 29 Mar 2003 22:36:01 +0100
From:      Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
To:        "Paul D.Lathrop" <pdlathro@chartermi.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ports Collection
Message-ID:  <20030329213601.GA42087@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>
In-Reply-To: <875F3AEA-622D-11D7-BAD8-000393BF3DE2@chartermi.net>
References:  <875F3AEA-622D-11D7-BAD8-000393BF3DE2@chartermi.net>

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On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 04:29:31PM -0500, Paul D.Lathrop wrote:
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> 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.

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Erik Trulsson
ertr1013@student.uu.se



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