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Date:      Thu, 21 May 1998 04:45:17 +1000
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        ac199@hwcn.org, andreas@klemm.gtn.com, thepish@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, imp@village.org, mph@pobox.com, ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /etc/mail ? ( was: Re: cvs commit: src/share/mk Makefile )
Message-ID:  <199805201845.EAA22931@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>> I guess it's Satoshi's call if he wishes to keep /etc/make.conf as the main
>> or only place for user configuration. I think it's not a bad idea - in
>> the spirit of rc.conf...
>
>Yeah !

It's a bad idea, and not at all like rc.conf.  rc.conf is sourced only at
system startup.  /etc/make.conf is sourced on every invocation of make.
Who knows what pollution in it might do to non-FreeBSD makefiles?

Bruce

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