Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 23:55:12 -0800 From: Christopher Kelley <bsd@kelleycows.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net> Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 92, Issue 40 Message-ID: <4247B860.8060600@kelleycows.com> In-Reply-To: <20050328062927.8869416A512@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20050328062927.8869416A512@hub.freebsd.org>
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Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net> wrote: >Alec, > >Thanks, I searched the FreeBSD Handbook for "dependency" and didn't find any >reference to "make search". I guess it is one of those things that once you >know about it you don't have to look for it any more. Unfortunately a lot >of the documentation I can review is written for those folks who already >know the answers. > >Thanks for the heads up on 'make search', even if I can't find a complete >description of the command. I find that it is referenced in the manual, >however. > >I see that several of the packages that were installed aren't listed in the >dependencies for portupgrade. Only the two ruby programs are listed. > >Jay > > Jay, I have found the FreeBSD basics articles over at onlamp.com to be invaluable. Linky: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/15 The two articles "portupgrade" and "Ports Tricks" (currently about 13 articles down) are valuable enough to me that I printed them out! I know it does sometimes seem that you need to know the answer before you know what to google for, but until someone invents a better way to search (e.g. somehow knowing the context of your search), it's worth trying a few different things in google. Christopher
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