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From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: correct use of ports ?
Date: 11 Jul 1995 01:49:31 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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Message-ID: <3tslbb$k81@agate.berkeley.edu>
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Keywords: ports

In article <3tsc4r$5g5@stang.netspace.net.au>,
Anthony Hill <ahill@stang.netspace.net.au> wrote:
>Howdy,

Hi!

>1st, what do you do with a port after you have compiled it - 
>..
>Is this part of the installation in some way automated - is there usually 
>a file with the ports which suggests what should be put where ?

There's supposed to be an install make target.  E.g. "make install"
should preserve all aspects of the port that are required for its
continued runtime.  Everything else under work/ is free to go and
does when you do a "make clean".  You should read /usr/ports/GUIDELINES
/usr/share/FAQ/Text/ports.FAQ; they do explain the basic "ideology" of
all of this.


					Jordan