From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 24 11:27:23 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (mta03-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B33E37BC34 for ; Sat, 24 Jun 2000 11:27:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.89.228]) by mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000624182708.OLMA290.mta03-svc.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Sat, 24 Jun 2000 19:27:08 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA04320; Sat, 24 Jun 2000 19:26:42 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 19:26:39 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: David Banning Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question about makefiles Message-ID: <20000624192639.G233@parish> References: <3954FC28.65C7DD21@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <3954FC28.65C7DD21@yahoo.com>; from sky_tracker@yahoo.com on Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 02:21:28PM -0400 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 02:21:28PM -0400, David Banning wrote: > > I have a general question about Makefiles. > > I see Makefile variables defined near the beginning of the file, > however > some variables used are seemingly not defined. > > a simple Makefile line says; > > @${PATCH} -s ${PREFIX}/Office51/bin/setup ${FILESDIR}/setup.patch > > PATCH, PREFIX and FILESDIR all are used, but not defined in Makefile. > > So where do they get defined? > /etc/make.conf and, for ports, /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk > > > -- > Bradley's Bromide: > If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a > committee -- that will do them in. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- If I buy a copy of WinDelete, and it doesn't delete Windows, am I entitled to my money back? ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message