From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 7 10:51:17 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 599EB106566B for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 10:51:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A9718FC19 for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 10:51:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ncsc.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.41]) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OLZff-0005hB-44; Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:35:07 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncsc.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1OLZfe-00010N-W4; Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:35:07 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o57AZ6Wq078214; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 11:35:06 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o57AZ6oT078213; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 11:35:06 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 11:35:06 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Drey T Message-ID: <20100607103506.GB53697@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <838811667.20100607175921@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <838811667.20100607175921@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wishes for Handbook. X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:51:17 -0000 On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 05:59:21PM +0900, Drey T wrote: > Hello. > i'm using freebsd handbook now from the very beginning and encountered > a problem with installing from ports: > I've read concerning article: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.htm the URL is wrong, it actually ends in `html'. > My buddy helped me, he adviced to type "make config" before "make" > And it helped me to recheck options. > > You can insert to your article part about make config for others, who > would use this handbook to explore freebsd. I don't think this is necessary. At the very beginning you have: *quote* The detailed description of available make targets and environment variables is available in ports(7). *end quote* That should be enough for most users. -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423