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Date:      Wed, 20 May 2020 11:08:33 +0100
From:      Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
To:        listac@nebelschwaden.de
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Moving sources (base/ports) from /usr
Message-ID:  <20200520110833.f47610a48f0f28dd563c13aa@sohara.org>
In-Reply-To: <ee6f9d59-9ac3-5d1e-baec-405fc1b24ab2@nebelschwaden.de>
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On Wed, 20 May 2020 11:52:00 +0200
Ede Wolf <listac@nebelschwaden.de> wrote:

>  > 	That makes sense it isn't being picked up by make.
> 
> Sure, once you think about it.
> 
> But here is the strange part. I've exported SOURCEDIR via /etc/profile 

	Which means that it will be picked up by /bin/sh.

> and it is set. However, mergemaster does not recognize it.
> Then I export the same variable again on the command line and it works:

	By default root login uses /bin/csh which doesn't load /etc/profile
but rather /etc/csh.cshrc and /etc/csh.login.

-- 
Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>



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