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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
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Subject: Re: need info builing ports properly
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On Wed, 28 Mar 2012, icemac wrote:

> I wasn't after fiddling or optimizing much and just want to to build ports i 
> need and have them as reliable and stable as possibile, but i misunderstood 
> the function of that setting in make.conf.
>
> I actually had thought that that was required and in turn assumed, ( in 
> retrospect) , that the defaults would be more aggressive and that that 
> setting would restrict any wild optimization.
>
> also didnt realize it was an override to all.
>
> thanks.
>
> p.s. So this was probably the reason for my flakey setups?

Possible but unlikely.