Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 22:00:04 +0200 From: Willie Viljoen <will@unfoldings.net> To: "Danny" <lists@brenius.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/make.conf Examples Message-ID: <200301252200.04854.will@unfoldings.net> In-Reply-To: <083f01c2c4aa$dad7b7d0$b701a8c0@BRENIUS.NET> References: <083f01c2c4aa$dad7b7d0$b701a8c0@BRENIUS.NET>
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Dan, On Saturday 25 January 2003 21:49, Danny wrote: > Greetings, > > I am trying to wrap my head around the make.conf file, and I am curious > to know if others have multiple /etc/make.conf files for certain > situations, or just one. Mostly you should have just one file, it should specify your type of CPU,= =20 things you wouldn't want built, etc, that kind of stuff generally should = only=20 ever change if you are doing things like cross-compiling for machines on=20 other platforms. > > Could you please post your /etc/make.conf(s) and explain the contents > and resulting actions of your file. The best documentation on /etc/make.conf is in the make.conf(5) manpage. = It=20 has extensive explanations of all the options you can use and what they d= o. > > Thank you! > > Danny > > P.S. After a fresh install (4.7R), are you suppose to have an > /etc/make.conf? I found the /etc/defaults/make.conf, but I do not have = an > /etc/make.conf On a fresh install, there is no make.conf. This is because in all cases,=20 /etc/defaults/make.conf is read first, and then, if it exists,=20 /etc/make.conf. If anything in make.conf differs or conflicts with=20 defaults/make.conf, the setting in make.conf is taken to be the correct o= ne.=20 The best way to set up a make.conf is to take options in defaults/make.co= nf=20 that you want to change, and put the changed option in make.conf, then ad= d=20 extra options you might want from the listings in the make.conf(5) manpag= e. Good luck Will > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --=20 Willie Viljoen Freelance IT Consultant 214 Paul Kruger Avenue, Universitas Bloemfontein 9321 South Africa +27 51 522 15 60 +27 51 522 44 36 (after hours) +27 82 404 03 27 (mobile) will@unfoldings.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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