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> > I think he meant 'maintained in the ports/ tree' just as make.conf
> > is 'maintained in the src/ tree', that is, there is a src/etc/make.conf
> > file with evolving defaults.  Yes, ports.conf should probably live
> > in /etc or some such place, but I, too, think that it should be
> > maintained in the ports tree, quite possibly in ports/Mk/.
> 
> How are you suggesting ports.conf get into /etc?  A `make world' cannot
> depend on having a populated /usr/ports/Mk.

'make world' doesn't/shouldn't use anything in /usr/ports/Mk, since make
world only builds sources in /usr/src.



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