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| author | jkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1995-01-04 07:38:40 +0000 |
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| committer | jkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1995-01-04 07:38:40 +0000 |
| commit | fdcbc3c6543c988f80dd4b63b8d451d22b37a11a (patch) | |
| tree | 9fecfc196fe3a50a27599986ab1137f4164237b5 /share/FAQ | |
| parent | 28ff01d2d252eaa71ce2d32b2ae2480df70d706a (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-fdcbc3c6543c988f80dd4b63b8d451d22b37a11a.zip FreeBSD-src-fdcbc3c6543c988f80dd4b63b8d451d22b37a11a.tar.gz | |
Add section 11 detailing new `describe' target.
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diff --git a/share/FAQ/PORTS.FAQ b/share/FAQ/PORTS.FAQ index 81e21c1..2e04fd0 100644 --- a/share/FAQ/PORTS.FAQ +++ b/share/FAQ/PORTS.FAQ @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ The FreeBSD Ports FAQ file -Revision: $Id$ +Revision: $Id: PORTS.FAQ,v 1.1 1995/01/04 00:43:35 jkh Exp $ The ports system is kinda new, so there haven't been too many FAQ's to date, but hopefully this document will pre-empt (some|most) of them!! @@ -193,6 +193,19 @@ alteration. Sorry! 10) This FAQ is weak. What can I do? Send changes to ports@FreeBSD.org. Changes are most welcome! - This FAQ is also very green and should be considered no more than - a `good start' for now. Authors? You can come out of hiding any - time now! :-) +This FAQ is also very green and should be considered no more than +a `good start' for now. Authors? You can come out of hiding any +time now! :-) + + +11) How do I get more information on all the ports? + + One good method is to cd to the top of the ports tree (say /usr/ports) +and type something like: + + make describe | sed -e '/===/D' -e 's;/usr/ports/;;' | expand -40 + +The ``make describe'' will try to extract the one-line description from +each port, and the ``sed'' will delete the extraneous output. ``expand'' +just makes it a little more readable (sort of - you may want to season +the output of this more to taste). |
