From 395c7743825269b6d6ae7d94bc2477d90735ddc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jkh Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 09:06:37 +0000 Subject: Document search target. --- README | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 79a8f917f26a..f71d9b1ed688 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ The section "The Ports Collection" will tell you how to use the ports and packages and the "Porting Applications" section describes how one can contribute to the ports collection. +If you would like to search for a given port, you can do so easily +by saying: + + make search key="" + +Which will generate a list of all ports matching . + NOTE: This tree can GROW significantly in size during normal usage! The distribution tar files can and do accumulate in /usr/ports/distfiles, and the individual ports will also use up lots of space in their work @@ -29,3 +36,4 @@ cleaned without ill-effect, though if you don't have the original distribution tarball(s) for something on CDROM then you will need to pull it all over your network connection again if you ever try to build the associated port. + -- cgit