Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 05:26:02 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Derrill Guilbert <derrill@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compiling for the first time (more or less) Message-ID: <20050907022602.GA81702@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <431E1CD9.2050605@gmail.com> References: <431DE851.6020905@gmail.com> <20050906191303.GA69719@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <431E1CD9.2050605@gmail.com>
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On 2005-09-06 15:48, Derrill Guilbert <derrill@gmail.com> wrote: > So, my next question is, how does one know that the wonderful and > brilliant FreeBSD port squad already took care of things like this? The ports(7) manpage is a good start and it also includes a link to the relevant Handbook section. You can get a fair amount of information about the Ports (what they are, how it all works, etc.) by running: % man 7 ports > Am I just going to have to ask more stupid questions like this, until > I get a better feel for things? Well, there's an old saying that no question is a stupid question. You can speed things up a lot though by looking for "keywords" that match what you want to do in the archives of this list. Most of the questions one finds himself wanting to ask when they start working with FreeBSD have already been answered; repeatedly too :) - Giorgos
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