Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:40:28 -0500 (EST) From: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> To: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: method for installing ports Message-ID: <20060326054028.98598.qmail@web60013.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200603260431.k2Q4VQhI005420@zeus.int.dfwlp.com>
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--- Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> wrote: > Ive read many many guides found all over the net in the past few > days, and > they can never seem to agree on the way a port is installed. I see > these > methods: > > Make install Installs a port and any needed build dependencies. > Make install clean Same as above but removes the uncompressed source code. > Make install distclean Same as above but removes the distribution files (the compressed source code). Do this if you will be building on some other architecture or if you will never use the source code again. > What is the difference between the 3, and are there legitimate times > when one is preferred over the other? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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