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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: "Simon L. B. Nielsen" <simon@qxnitro.org>
Subject: Re: freebsd-update and ports
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On Wed, 23 Jan 2013, Warren Block wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Jan 2013, Simon L. B. Nielsen wrote:
>
>> For the 'make kernel' to force not using /etc/make.conf:
>> 
>> make kernel __MAKE_CONF=/dev/null
>> 
>> I think that's what the variable is called - I don't have a FreeBSD
>> handy to check.
>
>  % make -V__MAKE_CONF
>  /etc/make.conf
>
> Added.  It does make the next sentence a bit redundant.
>
>  It is also suggested that the kernel is built without any other
>  special options, preferably with an empty /etc/make.conf.
>
> Offhand, I can't think of other special options to be given as alternate 
> examples.

Finally thought of src.conf, but "special options" makes me think of 
command-line options or flags.