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From: Vasil Dimov <vd@datamax.bg>
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On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 12:02:49PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
> Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>=20
> ># make -V PORTSDIR
> >[...empty...]
> ># pwd
> >/root
> >
> >It doesn't work here. I am not sure why I would get empty unless I have=
=20
> >Makefile or go in one of port directory.
>=20
> If you set this variable in /etc/make.conf, you will get a value with thi=
s=20
> method (I tested it last night). What I did in my script was to do the ma=
ke=20
> -V, and if it was empty to set the variable to the default.
>=20

I would like to add that one should better use make -C / -V PORTSDIR
to avoid program's behavior depending on the current directory - there
may be accidental Makefile existing in there, causing unexpected
results.

--=20
Vasil Dimov

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