Step 5 - extract This will extract the downloaded distfile into ${WRKOBJDIR}/iodine-0.4.0/iodine-0.4.0. $ make extract ===> Checking files for iodine-0.4.0 `/usr/ports/distfiles/iodine-0.4.0.tar.gz' is up to date. >> (SHA256) iodine-0.4.0.tar.gz: OK ===> Extracting for iodine-0.4.0 $ The extract target will resolve all dependencies beforehand by installing all required programs first. Since we haven't specified any dependencies yet, nothing gets installed.