Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 08:29:47 +0200 From: dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org (Dirk Meyer) To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports.conf (broken?) Message-ID: <e3oTlaZjn/@dmeyer.dinoex.sub.org> References: <3B8CFDF0.E716421F@FreeBSD.org> <XFMail.010829142842.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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> Because make.conf affects _EVERY_ instance of make that is run. > This is a bug Ni a feature ... > /etc/make.conf should only be used for stuff that people want to affect every > make command. (I.e., overriding things in sys.mk.) Other modules should use > their own configuration file (ports.conf, world.conf, etc.) This concept has > been discusssed for years on the mailing lists. if /etc/ports.conf is read in by "bsd.ports.mk" it is already to late. Most port makefile I have seen, read the knobs and vars before they include "bsd.ports.mk", so they won't detect any setting that is made in there. eg: USA_RESIDENT=NO - Dirk Meyer, Im Grund 4, 34317 Habichtswald, Germany To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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