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Date:      Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:45:25 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r337835 - head/share/man/man5
Message-ID:  <201808151045.w7FAjPGo050799@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: 0mp (ports committer)
Date: Wed Aug 15 10:45:24 2018
New Revision: 337835
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/337835

Log:
  make.conf(5): Note that src.conf should not be used for ports and documentation.
  
  Reviewed by:	bcr, kevans, krion, matthew
  Approved by:	krion (mentor)
  Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15177

Modified:
  head/share/man/man5/make.conf.5

Modified: head/share/man/man5/make.conf.5
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man5/make.conf.5	Wed Aug 15 08:45:05 2018	(r337834)
+++ head/share/man/man5/make.conf.5	Wed Aug 15 10:45:24 2018	(r337835)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd August 11, 2018
+.Dd August 15, 2018
 .Dt MAKE.CONF 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ option of
 .Xr make 1
 or in
 .Xr environ 7 .
+In the case of world and kernel builds it is possible to put these variables
+into
+.Xr src.conf 5
+instead of
+.Nm .
+This way the environment for documentation and ports builds is not polluted
+by unrelated variables.
 .Pp
 The following lists provide a name and short description for each
 variable you can use during the indicated builds.



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