Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 12:03:03 +0200 From: Simon Barner <barner@in.tum.de> To: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net>, Bob Ababurko <ababurko@adelphia.net>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: configuration of ports Message-ID: <20040914100303.GG800@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> In-Reply-To: <20040914095307.GA43574@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <5.2.1.1.0.20040913200258.01c23148@mail.dc2.adelphia.net> <20040913193313.7d2731f5@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> <20040914011514.GE800@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> <20040914095307.GA43574@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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--L+ofChggJdETEG3Y Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 03:15:14AM +0200, Simon Barner wrote: > > > You may want to check out /etc/defaults/make.conf. Just cp that file > > > to /etc/make.conf. That file is nicely documented in both man and the > > > file it's self. > >=20 > > No, please don't copy the file: /etc/make.conf should be used to > > override the defaults (or to set options that don't have default values= ). > > (This has been mentioned in the lists for numerous times, please check = the > > archives for more details). >=20 > Actually make.conf is a special case. Unlike say, > /etc/defaults/rc.conf or /etc/defaults/periodic.conf which contain the > default settings for the boot scripts or the periodic scripts, and > whose counterparts in /etc should contain only those settings > different to the defaults, and where you should never copy the whole > file from /etc/defaults to /etc. So I stand corrected - thanks! > /etc/defaults/make.conf is not consulted by the make(1) system at all. > That's why it has been moved to /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf in A much more appropriate and hier(7) conforming solution then... > 5.x. You can copy the default make.conf file into /etc as you wish. > Note that the default file has everything commented out, but copious > comments and examples of the most important make variables that you > can use to customise building anything that uses make(1). Equally, > you can start with an empty file and just add in the settings you want > to change from the defaults. Cheers, Simon --L+ofChggJdETEG3Y Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBRsHXCkn+/eutqCoRAqtoAJ437IObNmz2wqhEQPv3H5AAQmj1iACgy5Dl G4QSk+7m5vof+sznfvrKBpM= =tGZr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --L+ofChggJdETEG3Y--
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