Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 22:17:27 -0400 From: Wesley Shields <wxs@csh.rit.edu> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why does bsd.port.mk override make's search for Makefiles...? Message-ID: <20040709021727.GA26453@csh.rit.edu> In-Reply-To: <40ED8F1A.2000300@mac.com> References: <40ED8F1A.2000300@mac.com>
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On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 02:14:50PM -0400, Chuck Swiger wrote: > As per the subject, why are these set in bsd.port.mk? > > MAKE_FLAGS?= -f > MAKEFILE?= Makefile > > I was just trying to port something that had a "makefile" rather than a > "Makefile", and was utterly baffled for a moment as to why make couldn't > find this. > > -- > -Chuck Those are set because they are the defaults (almost all software uses Makefile instead of makefile) but if you come across one that doesn't just set this in your Makefile... MAKEFILE= makefile -- WXS
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