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On 2003.12.18 20:13:16 -0500, Dan Langille wrote:
> On 18 Dec 2003 at 19:02, Dan Langille wrote:
>=20
> > My goal is provide a way to override values in a Makefile with values
> > from a local config file.
>=20
> I'm getting further.  What's the proper way to do an include?

Perhaps (not tested, so there may be typos):

=2Eif exists(${HOME}/.bacula-regress)
=2Einclude "${HOME}/.bacula-regress"
=2Eendif

or something along those lines.  The make(1) manual page contains a lot
of useful information.

--=20
Simon L. Nielsen
FreeBSD Documentation Team

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