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Subject: Re: The correct way to run "make"
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On Friday 14 May 2004 01:17 pm, Gerard Samuel wrote:
> Looking for an official answer, as I think I've used multiple ways to
> apply switches to "make" when building ports in the past....
>
> Is it ->
> a)  make --SOMEOPTION=yes
> b)  make --SOMEOPTION=yes

That should be ->
b) make -SOMEOPTION=yes

> c)  make SOMEOPTION=yes
>