Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 23:29:16 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Pietro Cerutti <pietro.cerutti@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [SOLVED] Re: make buildworld fails with CPUTYPE set Message-ID: <20060509212916.GA34153@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <e572718c0605091421o67dbd725o42a6d9fc9010a5f7@mail.gmail.com> References: <e572718c0605091329k2e33dc54u4df251b023de796c@mail.gmail.com> <e572718c0605091421o67dbd725o42a6d9fc9010a5f7@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 11:21:52PM +0200, Pietro Cerutti wrote: > On 5/9/06, Pietro Cerutti <pietro.cerutti@gmail.com> wrote: > >CPUTYPE=pentium3[m] > > I solved the problem by putting pentium3 instead of pentium3[m]. > > So why it's stated "pentium3[m]" in line 35 of > /usr/src/share/examples/etc/make.conf ? > > # (Intel CPUs) nocona pentium4[m] prescott pentium3[m] pentium-m > # pentium2 pentiumpro pentium-mmx pentium i486 i386 > It is just a shorthand for 'pentium3 pentium3m'. The [xxx] syntax is often used in used in Unix documentation to denote an optional part of a command line (or similar.) In this case it is the letter 'm' which can be added or not. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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