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Subject: Re: MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE in make.conf
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Robert Downes wrote:

> MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE=ftp://ftp.uk.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles
>
> Someone gave me this line months ago when I asked how to instruct make 
> to request files from local FTP servers (rather than dumping all 
> requests on the master server).
>
> However, I can not find a description for this line in any official 
> literature. I have checked man make.conf, and there seems to be no mention.
>
> Where should I be looking for the definitive description of this 
> configuration setting, or has it been removed from recent versions of 
> FreeBSD?

/etc/defaults/make.conf

-Kirill