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Date:      Fri, 08 Oct 1999 23:08:34 +0900
From:      "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>
To:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Cc:        committers@freebsd.org, arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   /etc/make.conf abuse
Message-ID:  <37FDFAE2.3A7E312B@newsguy.com>
References:  <199906171027.UAA03438@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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[From my cvs-all archives:]

Bruce Evans wrote:
> 
> Right.  /etc/make.conf is for configuring make(1), not for configuring
> /usr/src.  It is already abused too much for the latter.

Can we consider stopping this abuse? It doesn't look like rocket
science to read another file for the specific purpose of configuring
/usr/src, by inserting include lines in the appropriate files at
/usr/share/mk. Perhaps I'm missing something?

And, assuming wide opposition does not arise (though this DOES look
like a bike shed), would such a file be better located at /usr/src
or /etc?

--
Daniel C. Sobral			(8-DCS)
dcs@newsguy.com
dcs@freebsd.org

	"I always feel generous when I'm in the inner circle of a
conspiracy to subvert the world order and, with a small group of
allies, just defeated an alien invasion. Maybe I should value myself
a little more?"





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