From 46911034c34204dca4091d47c8ccc841847467fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Date: Wed, 4 Jan 1995 07:38:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add section 11 detailing new `describe' target. --- share/FAQ/PORTS.FAQ | 21 +++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/FAQ/PORTS.FAQ b/share/FAQ/PORTS.FAQ index 81e21c13f9c..2e04fd0726f 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).