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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erik Norgaard" <norgaard@locolomo.org>
To: "Paul Schmehl" <pauls@utdallas.edu>
Cc: "Grant Peel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com>; <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: Ports
> 
> Taking an arbitrary post, it appears that make.conf is not always the 
> best place since this sets options globally. But thanks, I have now 
> learned how to get my ports compiled with support for a4 paper and _not_ 
> letter :-)
>
While that is true, you can also set options for individual ports.
 
Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
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The University of Texas at Dallas
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