Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 00:26:05 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Robert Downes <nullentropy@lineone.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE in make.conf Message-ID: <20040404082605.GA33009@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <406FBA4D.7020104@lineone.net> References: <406FBA4D.7020104@lineone.net>
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--OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 08:33:33AM +0100, Robert Downes wrote: > My make.conf file contains the line: >=20 > =20 > MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE=3Dftp://ftp.uk.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfil= es >=20 > Someone gave me this line months ago when I asked how to instruct make=20 > to request files from local FTP servers (rather than dumping all=20 > requests on the master server). >=20 > However, I can not find a description for this line in any official=20 > literature. I have checked man make.conf, and there seems to be no mentio= n. >=20 > Where should I be looking for the definitive description of this=20 > configuration setting, or has it been removed from recent versions of=20 > FreeBSD? It's documented in /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk, together with most of the other port-related variables, and also in the default make.conf file (/etc/defaults/make.conf on 4.x, /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf on 5.x) Kris --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAb8adWry0BWjoQKURArXSAJ9gjb03G80SpIskjvwFbVJkEVB0vwCffUJW dyUZSEe1w8liyoPqz2gD1g0= =NdGE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY--
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