Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 21:08:52 +0200 From: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de> To: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk> Cc: Tom Hukins <tom@eborcom.com>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/10099: Building the Web site without a local CVS repository Message-ID: <19990408210852.B11500@cs.tu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <19990408193811.D39696@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>; from Nik Clayton on Thu, Apr 08, 1999 at 07:38:11PM %2B0100 References: <199904061710.KAA74145@freefall.freebsd.org> <19990408142146.A29876@cs.tu-berlin.de> <19990408193811.D39696@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>
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On 1999-04-08 19:38:11 +0100, Nik Clayton wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 08, 1999 at 02:21:46PM +0200, Wolfram Schneider wrote:
> > On 1999-04-06 10:10:02 -0700, Tom Hukins wrote:
> > > --- en/copyright/Makefile.orig Sat Oct 17 11:18:42 1998
> > > +++ en/copyright/Makefile Sun Feb 14 18:00:47 1999
> > > @@ -16,7 +16,12 @@
> > > # FreeBSD Ports redistribution restrictions
> > > LEGAL= LEGAL
> > > CLEANFILES+= ${LEGAL}
> > > +.if defined(NOCVS)
> >
> > should be
> >
> > .if defined(NOCVS) && !empty(NOCVS)
> >
> > similar for all other Makefiles.
> >
> > Without this patch there is no way to unset the variable
> > NOCVS.
>
> I think this is only useful when you use the value of the variable
> somewhere. Tom's patches don't, they just care whether or not the
> variable has been defined, the value is never used.
>
> You would unset it by not defining it in the firstplace. I don't think
> www/Makefile should contain something like
>
> NOCVS=no
Not in www/Makefile, but it can be set in www/Makefile.inc or
www/Makefile.inc.local (not implemente yet)
Now there is no way on the commandline to unset the
variable because make has no -U option.
I don't want edit Makefile.inc every time if I test something.
Wolfram
> and expect you to override that with "NOCVS=yes" on the command line,
> "-DNOCVS" is fine (although both would work).
>
> N
> --
> Bagel: The carbohydrate with the hole
--
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