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Subject: svn commit: r43085 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook
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Author: pgj
Date: Thu Oct 31 15:37:25 2013
New Revision: 43085
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43085

Log:
  - Add a brief note on the "developer mode" for porting
  
  Requested by:	bapt

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml	Thu Oct 31 15:14:56 2013	(r43084)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml	Thu Oct 31 15:37:25 2013	(r43085)
@@ -125,6 +125,18 @@
 	too.</para>
     </note>
 
+    <note>
+      <para>It is recommended to set the <makevar>DEVELOPER</makevar>
+	&man.make.1; variable in <filename>/etc/make.conf</filename>
+	before getting into porting.</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>echo DEVELOPER=yes >> /etc/make.conf</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>This setting enables the <quote>developer mode</quote> that
+	displays deprecation warnings and activates some further quality
+	checks on calling the <command>make</command> command.</para>
+    </note>
+
     <sect1 id="porting-makefile">
       <title>Writing the <filename>Makefile</filename></title>