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Date:      Sat, 09 Oct 1999 15:13:47 +0900
From:      "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>
To:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net>
Cc:        Eivind Eklund <eivind@freebsd.org>, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, committers@freebsd.org, arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /etc/make.conf abuse
Message-ID:  <37FEDD1B.24FDF38E@newsguy.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910082125560.312-100000@picnic.mat.net>

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Chuck Robey wrote:
> 
> I agree with Eivind; seeing as our make has a nice way to include files
> (such as a /usr/src/make.local) only if they exist, allowing an automatic
> place for users to do whatever they wish, with no interference from cvs,
> why don't we just have a little include in /usr/src/Makefile, with the
> proviso that anyone who makes any build complaint had better darn well be
> able to say they did their test build with an empty make.local, or be
> willing to have everyone inspect (and laugh at) the silly thing.

/usr/src/Makefile is a bad place, as it would not affect subdirs.

I'm inclined to have a /usr/src/make.conf (world.conf? :), included
by the mk files, with path and name overridable by environment
variables.

> Make.conf should not have extra pollution, it's polluted enough as it is,
> and this change at least seems to be pretty innocent.

The idea is removing anything pertaining to /usr/src stuff from
/etc/make.conf.

--
Daniel C. Sobral			(8-DCS)
dcs@newsguy.com
dcs@freebsd.org

	"I always feel generous when I'm in the inner circle of a
conspiracy to subvert the world order and, with a small group of
allies, just defeated an alien invasion. Maybe I should value myself
a little more?"




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