Date: 19 Feb 2002 19:07:40 +1130 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Pankaj <pankaj@sarai.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make in freebsd Message-ID: <1014104262.556.110.camel@chowder.gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20020219080213.A7580@sarai.net> References: <20020219080213.A7580@sarai.net>
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On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 18:32, Pankaj wrote: > I was wondering if anyone would put some light over the > way 'make' works in freeBSD > I mean when i go to /usr/ports/XYZ and type make it tries > to fetch the sources and then compiles it > Is it a feature in make? > > I want to make an covering layer over a software such that > it automaticaly locates the components it needs and compiles > them without the user to look around for them. The ports tree uses several (large) makefile fragments in /usr/ports/Mk. If you look at the bottom of each port makefile you will see ".include <bsd.port.mk>" (although some use pre and post instead if they are complicated). --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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