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Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

	I like this idea, *if* the file is split, however creating 3 new files
in 3 new locations all with the same name seems like unnecessary
confusication to me.  How about src.conf.mk, ports.conf.mk and
sys.conf.mk?

Doug

> If /etc/make.conf is split at all then it should be split into:
> 
>    /usr/src/conf.mk      - configuration frobs exclusively for /usr/src
> 
>    /usr/ports/conf.mk    - configuration frobs exclusively for /usr/ports.
> 
>    /usr/share/mk/conf.mk - stuff truly global to any invocation of Bmake
>                            e.g. variables you want both src and ports
>                            (and so on) to get as a base set before
>                            potentially laying their own on top.