What are we supposed to use for information on ports nowadays, since the port info has been taken away and more and more of the `make search key=anything` gives a result like: Port: xsmbrowser-3.3.0 Path: /usr/ports/net/xsmbrowser Info: ** No Description Maint: roman@xpert.com Index: net B-deps: R-deps: XFree86-libraries-4.2.1_7 cups-base-1.1.18.0_4 expect-5.38.0_1 freetype2 -2.1.3_1 imake-4.2.0_1 jpeg-6b_1 png-1.2.5_2 samba-2.2.7a tcl-8.3.5 tiff-3.5.7 t k-8.3.5 Port: smb2www-0.0.980804_1 Path: /usr/ports/www/smb2www Info: ** No Description Maint: roman@xpert.com Index: www B-deps: R-deps: apache-1.3.27_4 cups-base-1.1.18.0_4 expat-1.95.6_1 jpeg-6b_1 p5-MIME-Ba se64-2.16 png-1.2.5_2 samba-2.2.7a tiff-3.5.7 Not much help there! -- Gunnar Flygt OPC Data Sveriges Radio
Gunnar Flygt wrote:> > What are we supposed to use for information on ports nowadays, > since the port info has been taken away and more and more of > the `make search key=anything` gives a result like: > > Port: xsmbrowser-3.3.0 > Path: /usr/ports/net/xsmbrowser > Info: ** No Description > Maint: roman@xpert.com > Index: net > B-deps: > R-deps: XFree86-libraries-4.2.1_7 cups-base-1.1.18.0_4 expect-5.38.0_1 freetype2 > -2.1.3_1 imake-4.2.0_1 jpeg-6b_1 png-1.2.5_2 samba-2.2.7a tcl-8.3.5 tiff-3.5.7 t > k-8.3.5 > > Port: smb2www-0.0.980804_1 > Path: /usr/ports/www/smb2www > Info: ** No Description > Maint: roman@xpert.com > Index: www > B-deps: > R-deps: apache-1.3.27_4 cups-base-1.1.18.0_4 expat-1.95.6_1 jpeg-6b_1 p5-MIME-Ba > se64-2.16 png-1.2.5_2 samba-2.2.7a tiff-3.5.7 > > Not much help there! >Hmmmm, maybe something is buggared on your end? Here are my results for the above searches.... [net-mgmt]:[/usr/ports]:>make search key=xsmbrowser Port: xsmbrowser-3.3.0 Path: /usr/ports/net/xsmbrowser Info: Tcl/Tk port of Windows' Network Neighborhood Maint: roman@xpert.com Index: net B-deps: R-deps: XFree86-libraries-4.2.1_6 cups-base-1.1.18.0_4 expect-5.38.0_1 freetype2-2.1.3_1 imake-4.2.0_1 jpeg-6b_1 png-1.2.5_1 samba-2.2.7a tcl-8.3.5 tiff-3.5.7 tk-8.3.5 [net-mgmt]:[/usr/ports]:>make search key=smb2www Port: smb2www-0.0.980804_1 Path: /usr/ports/www/smb2www Info: Windows Network client that is accessible through a web browser Maint: roman@xpert.com Index: www B-deps: R-deps: apache-1.3.27_1 cups-base-1.1.18.0_4 jpeg-6b_1 p5-MIME-Base64-2.16 png-1.2.5_1 samba-2.2.7a tiff-3.5.7 Maybe try refreshing your ports tree? greg
On Wednesday 02 April 2003 03:57, Gunnar Flygt wrote:> What are we supposed to use for information on ports nowadays, > since the port info has been taken away and more and more of > the `make search key=anything` gives a result like:The port info hasn't been taken away, it's been moved. Apparently the make infrastructure hasn't been updated to reflect this, at least from the standpoint of the search target. Asking this question on the ports mailing list is much more likely to get you some sort of positive results. I've cc'd them and directed replies there. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com
On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 21:27, Gunnar Flygt wrote:> What are we supposed to use for information on ports nowadays, > since the port info has been taken away and more and more of > the `make search key=anything` gives a result like:I use ports/sysutils/pib - it is fairly good at searching for keywords. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 9A8C 569F 685A D928 5140 AE4B 319B 41F4 5D17 FDD5
Hi, On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 01:57:41PM +0200, Gunnar Flygt wrote:> What are we supposed to use for information on ports nowadays, > since the port info has been taken away and more and more of > the `make search key=anything` gives a result like: > > Port: xsmbrowser-3.3.0 > Path: /usr/ports/net/xsmbrowser > Info: ** No Description > Maint: roman@xpert.com > Index: net > B-deps: > R-deps: XFree86-libraries-4.2.1_7 cups-base-1.1.18.0_4 expect-5.38.0_1 freetype2 > -2.1.3_1 imake-4.2.0_1 jpeg-6b_1 png-1.2.5_2 samba-2.2.7a tcl-8.3.5 tiff-3.5.7 t > k-8.3.5see also http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/50035 Kirill