From nobody Fri Apr 12 19:25:50 2024 X-Original-To: ports@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4VGRPQ4x8gz5HwlY for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2024 19:26:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kh@panix.com) Received: from mailbackend.panix.com (mailbackend.panix.com [166.84.1.89]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4VGRPQ11ycz4QsW for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2024 19:26:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kh@panix.com) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=panix.com header.s=panix header.b=aZSAxr2K; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=panix.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of kh@panix.com designates 166.84.1.89 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=kh@panix.com Received: from [10.0.1.2] (c-73-142-21-0.hsd1.ma.comcast.net [73.142.21.0]) by mailbackend.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4VGRPD3yTsz14GX for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:25:52 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=panix.com; s=panix; t=1712949953; bh=pNkWeVLqzJHhsb0nVC1tVaFrI79qCbiLyK+iCodhwEw=; h=Date:Subject:To:References:From:In-Reply-To; b=aZSAxr2KajaHlOwf0Gom2YvjmkcH6sGIoA7j/cOBe5dkSX1tCTUsZF73Q5Sj3U4a7 ZN2DgHl+Isqq01u3xVET3RajGC/8r6IMMYITz6toYGXjjFOej/zx03pu54KdsTE10d L364QNSPktK7q6CODZr/xVC/1/B4r7qXuAPWV5Oc= Message-ID: <52dc6b02-81d1-453b-8045-430914c0b222@panix.com> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:25:50 -0400 List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-ports List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Confused by what make package should do Content-Language: en-US To: ports@freebsd.org References: <43xrg75pzztfrhlszhekdlfqyiqfmbkgimfdjosrjbbr4sjzfq@fnyqc35f6zyw> <76c14675-a782-49cc-8d61-ff96eaab83c8@panix.com> From: Kurt Hackenberg In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.09 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.999]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[panix.com,none]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:166.84.1.64/26:c]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[panix.com:s=panix]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_GOOD(-0.10)[166.84.1.89:from]; XM_UA_NO_VERSION(0.01)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; ASN(0.00)[asn:2033, ipnet:166.84.0.0/16, country:US]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[ports@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[ports@freebsd.org]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[panix.com:+] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4VGRPQ11ycz4QsW On 2024/04/12 15:16, Matthew Phillips wrote: >> From man ports(7): "package Make a binary package for the port. The port >> will be installed if it has not already been." >> >> I think you want "make build", also documented in that man page. >> >> > > Thank you Kurt. Does that mean that the porters handbook is wrong (says > it should be able to be run without root)? If so I can send a patch to > reword that. Should the advice to be to run `make build` instead then? I don't know. You could read the Makefiles, and you could look for a knowledgeable person (which is not me) to ask about the intent.