Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 21:03:16 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Docs for bsd.ports.mk Message-ID: <199801190403.VAA02286@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 18 Jan 1998 22:31:55 EST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980118223014.26398Q-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980118223014.26398Q-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>
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In message <Pine.BSF.3.96.980118223014.26398Q-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> John Fieber writes: : You mean beyond what www.freebsd.org/handbook/porting.html : provides? Yes. Right now the porting.html talks about writing a port. It is excellent for writing a port. However, there are many dirty tricks that have been used for building ports. The NOCLEANDEPENDS question I just had, for example. Also things like PREFIX and alternative FETCH_CMDs and the like would be good to have as well. Warner
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