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Date:      Tue, 1 Oct 2002 08:18:27 +0200
From:      Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz>
To:        Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>, Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ports FAQ is a great read
Message-ID:  <20021001061827.GY30361@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
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# Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com / 2002-09-30 18:39:16 -0400:
> RE: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html
> RE2: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/index.html
> 
> This is a GREAT read, strongly recommended for newbies.  One or two
> corrections though.  The part that says "Note: You must be the root user to
> install ports" applies only if you don't edit the Makefil and specify a
> different install path.

    I would say that this is obvious and not ports specific, thus not
    needed in the ports chapter.

> (running "make ; make install" can be shortened to just "make install"
> - cool!)

    as has been pointed out by anoter poster, these two commands are not
    equivalent.

> The one thing I haven't learned yet is what "make install clean" does
> exactly and why "make" can take different commands in the first place.
 
    i suggest you read the GNU make manual:
    http://www.gnu.org/manual/make/html_chapter/make_toc.html
    it's interesting reading (i really enjoyed it on the summer vacation
    last year), and it will give you good introduction on what makefiles
    are, and how come make can take more than one "command" as you
    called it.

    then proceed with the pmake (that's our make) tutorial at
    /usr/share/doc/psd/12.make/paper.ascii.gz. beware, it's a bit
    outdated, so where in doubt, the make(1) manpage is authoritative.
 
> PS - RE2 is also an amazing read, kudo's to the fine authors!!

    what's RE2?


# freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com / 2002-09-30 22:49:27 -0400:
> There are whole *books* written on make

    hmm, i could only find one book on make, by ORA, and that is pretty
    old. people who have read it and who i talked to said it wasn't the
    best stuff from ORA.

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