Author: 0mp (ports committer) Date: Sun Dec 30 00:27:28 2018 New Revision: 342602 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/342602
Log: ports.7: Add an example of getting dependencies without building them While here, improve formatting of the EXAMPLES section in general. Reviewed by: bcr Approved by: bcr (doc) Approved by: krion (mentor, implicit), mat (mentor, implicit) Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D18682 Modified: head/share/man/man7/ports.7 Modified: head/share/man/man7/ports.7 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man7/ports.7 Sat Dec 29 23:08:59 2018 (r342601) +++ head/share/man/man7/ports.7 Sun Dec 30 00:27:28 2018 (r342602) @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd November 20, 2018 +.Dd December 30, 2018 .Dt PORTS 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -537,11 +537,33 @@ The default ports directory. The big Kahuna. .El .Sh EXAMPLES -Build and install Emacs: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -cd /usr/ports/editors/emacs -make install +.Bl -tag -width 0n +.It Sy Example 1\&: No Building and Installing a Port +.Pp +The following command builds and installs Emacs. +.Bd -literal -offset 2n +.Li # Ic cd /usr/ports/editors/emacs +.Li # Ic make install .Ed +.It Sy Example 2\&: No Installing Dependencies with Xr pkg 8 +.Pp +The following examples shows how to build and install a port without having to +build its dependencies. +Instead, the dependencies are downloaded via +.Xr pkg 8 . +.Bd -literal -offset 2n +.Li # Ic make missing | xargs pkg install --automatic --yes +.Li # Ic make install +.Ed +.Pp +It is especially useful, when the dependencies are costly +in time and resources to build +.Pq like Pa lang/rust . +The drawback is that +.Xr pkg 8 +offers only packages built with the default set of +.Va OPTIONS . +.El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr make 1 , .Xr make.conf 5 , _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"