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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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 08:33:33AM +0100, Robert Downes wrote: > My make.conf file contains the line: > > > MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE=ftp://ftp.uk.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles > > Someone gave me this line months ago when I asked how to instruct make > to request files from local FTP servers (rather than dumping all > requests on the master server). > > However, I can not find a description for this line in any official > literature. I have checked man make.conf, and there seems to be no mention. > > Where should I be looking for the definitive description of this > configuration setting, or has it been removed from recent versions of > 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 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAb8adWry0BWjoQKURArXSAJ9gjb03G80SpIskjvwFbVJkEVB0vwCffUJW dyUZSEe1w8liyoPqz2gD1g0= =NdGE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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