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To: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>
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Subject: Re: How about a ports.conf file 
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Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 16:10:18 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> that can have localized settings for running fetch with -p, and all that
> kind of stuff, like make.conf?

And what's to stop you from just controlling this from make.conf?  I
do this now for the exact case you're describing (FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=YES)

					Jordan

> 
> I get tired of having to reedit the .mk file after each time I do a make
> world on any box that has firewall software running.
> 
> Or is there someplace for this already?
>