Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 08:34:27 -0700 (PDT) From: jpmg@eng.cam.ac.uk To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/18810: Handbook 18.4.2 should refer to /etc/defaults/make.conf Message-ID: <20000525153427.EC96437C5B7@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 18810 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Handbook 18.4.2 should refer to /etc/defaults/make.conf >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu May 25 08:40:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Patrick Gosling >Release: 4.0-RELEASE >Organization: Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge >Environment: irrelevant >Description: The handbook, chapter 18.4.2 refers to /etc/make.conf as if it contains all the possible configuration options, whereas in fact for some time, the file /etc/defaults/make.conf has contained such information, and /etc/make.conf only contains over-rides. >How-To-Repeat: Read the handbook while trying to update your machine. Look at /etc/make.conf . Feel confused. 8-) >Fix: The first two paragraphs of 18.4.2 need rewriting. Something like -------snip-------- Examine the file /etc/make.conf , which contains the default defines for make which will be used when you rebuild your source. They are also used every time you use make, so it is a good idea to make sure they are set to something sensible for your system. To find out what you can usefully put in this file, look in /etc/defaults/make.conf . Everything in here is by default commented out. If you see something that looks useful, then copy it into /etc/make.conf and remove the comment character. For a typical user (not a FreeBSD developer), you will probably want to use the CFLAGS and NOPROFILE lines. ----------snip---------- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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