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Subject: Re: 'buildworld' not always pulling in /etc/src.conf
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>Wouldn't it be great, if /etc/make.conf disappeared completely?
>
>To be replaced by /etc/src.conf for buildworld/kernel stuff.
>
>And /etc/ports.conf for ports building stuff.
>

Er, and replaced by what for using make on the many things that are
neither in the base system, nor in FreeBSD Ports?  The world of
software is a big place.

>With no linkage of any kind between the two, with all the "magic" hidden in
>/usr/ports/Mk and /usr/share/Mk.
>
>Maybe I'm dreaming, but wouldn't it make things a lot simpler in the long
>run?

Just because you have a make.conf, doesn't mean that you can't have a
ports.conf, or that you must continue to use src.conf in the way that
it is used now.

b.