From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 14 09:53:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A23DF16A4CE for ; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 09:53:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4461843D46 for ; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 09:53:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i8E9r8SX044206 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:53:08 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)i8E9r7tE044205; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:53:07 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:53:07 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Simon Barner Message-ID: <20040914095307.GA43574@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Simon Barner , Vulpes Velox , Bob Ababurko , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <5.2.1.1.0.20040913200258.01c23148@mail.dc2.adelphia.net> <20040913193313.7d2731f5@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> <20040914011514.GE800@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040914011514.GE800@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.5.6 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:53:08 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040904, clamav-milter version 0.75l on smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.64 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: Bob Ababurko cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org cc: Vulpes Velox Subject: Re: configuration of ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 09:53:16 -0000 --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 03:15:14AM +0200, Simon Barner wrote: > > You may want to check out /etc/defaults/make.conf. Just cp that file > > to /etc/make.conf. That file is nicely documented in both man and the > > file it's self. >=20 > No, please don't copy the file: /etc/make.conf should be used to > override the defaults (or to set options that don't have default values). > (This has been mentioned in the lists for numerous times, please check the > archives for more details). Actually make.conf is a special case. Unlike say, /etc/defaults/rc.conf or /etc/defaults/periodic.conf which contain the default settings for the boot scripts or the periodic scripts, and whose counterparts in /etc should contain only those settings different to the defaults, and where you should never copy the whole file from /etc/defaults to /etc.=20 /etc/defaults/make.conf is not consulted by the make(1) system at all. That's why it has been moved to /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf in 5.x. You can copy the default make.conf file into /etc as you wish. Note that the default file has everything commented out, but copious comments and examples of the most important make variables that you can use to customise building anything that uses make(1). Equally, you can start with an empty file and just add in the settings you want to change from the defaults. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBRr+DiD657aJF7eIRAuynAJ97QOWrWnMlAS18+f50+baj2K2QKACfTyvY +yPoy+dV1fyPRlAkK+AgvdY= =twjP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk--