From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 28 12:14:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37B5916A4CE for ; Sat, 28 Aug 2004 12:14:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E30A743D41 for ; Sat, 28 Aug 2004 12:14:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from subhro.kar@gmail.com) Received: by mproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id v30so72536rnb for ; Sat, 28 Aug 2004 05:14:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.206.45 with SMTP id d45mr603581rng; Sat, 28 Aug 2004 05:14:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.206.18 with HTTP; Sat, 28 Aug 2004 05:14:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 17:44:23 +0530 From: Subhro To: Matthew Seaman In-Reply-To: <20040828075322.GA59091@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <412D10E7.8020704@makeworld.com> <20040826203313.GA531@gothmog.gr> <200408271656.21608.osmany.guirola@cigb.edu.cu> <20040828075322.GA59091@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> cc: FreeBSD-questions Subject: Re: compiling openoffice X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Subhro List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 12:14:24 -0000 On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 08:53:23 +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 08:57:12AM +0530, Subhro wrote: > > Well first of all if you are someone who had recently stepped into the > > FreeBSD world then you should NOT be using Beta software. Coming back > > to your point the command you should be using is > > make -DWITHOUT_JAVA=yes > > I'm sorry, but that is completely bogus. The syntax of setting > variables on the make(1) command line is either: > > make -DFOO > > or > > make FOO=bar > > where the first option sets the value of FOO to 1. The OP's problem > is that he's trying to set a variable for which there is no support in > the port's Makefile. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > 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 > > > Thanks for correcting me Matthew. But I guess u could have been a a little more polite. Anyway thanks again. I will make a note of what you said. Regards S. -- Subhro Sankha Kar School of Information Technology Block AQ-13/1 Sector V ZIP 700091 India