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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To: Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@rcn.com>
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Subject: Re: make arguments and buildworld
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On 2004-11-24 05:35, Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@rcn.com> wrote:
> I am going to do a fresh install of FreBSD 5.3 this weekend on my
> computer. Immediately after the installation I want to do a
> buildworld and install a custom kernel.
>
> My question is what special arguments should I use in the
> 'make.conf' file for this project.  Is it really necessary to change
> this file at all? I was reading the handbook and it mentioned the
> 'CFLAGGS' entry and a few others.

An /etc/make.conf file shouldn't be required to do a buildworld or
buildkernel.  The defaults should work just fine.

- Giorgos