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* On 23/11/05 17:47 +0100, Roland Smith wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 10:50:19AM -0500, Mike Hernandez wrote:
> > On  Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 06:35:13PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> > > 
> > > There appears to be so many arguments to `make` when compiling
> > > applications fro the ports tree.
> > > What beats me is where they are documented ;)
> > 
> > /etc/make.conf?
> 
> Try /usr/ports/KNOBS for the most common ones, and the Makefile of each
> port for specific ones.

Bull!

Thanks, Roland. This is what I've missed all these days.
And thanks also to the OPs for  offside answers ;)


-Wash

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