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Date:      Sat, 15 Dec 2001 16:16:52 -0800 (PST)
From:      "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org>
To:        Peter Johnson <tam@hiddenrock.com>
Cc:        <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: questions on first cvsup
Message-ID:  <20011215161542.C16958-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <20011215170949.A52329@echoriath.hiddenrock.com>

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On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, Peter Johnson wrote:

> Updating to "src-all" will get all of the src my box, and I'm concerned that
> when I make world, I will be compiling and installing a lot of extraneous
> items.  Is this the case?  If so, how do I control what gets compiled and what
> doesn't?

check out /etc/defaults/make.conf.

it's handy to see what you can control from there. if you place the bits
you want in /etc/make.conf (uncommented, of course), you'll be able to
keep most of those extranious bits from being made.

hope this helps a bit.

-------/ f. johan beisser /--------------------------------------+
  http://caustic.org/~jan                      jan@caustic.org
    "John Ashcroft is really just the reanimated corpse
         of J. Edgar Hoover." -- Tim Triche


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