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Subject: Re: [SOLVED] Re: make buildworld fails with CPUTYPE set
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On Tuesday 09 May 2006 22:21, Pietro Cerutti wrote:
> On 5/9/06, Pietro Cerutti <pietro.cerutti@gmail.com> wrote:
> > CPUTYPE=pentium3[m]
>
> I solved the problem by putting pentium3 instead of pentium3[m].
>
> So why it's stated "pentium3[m]" in line 35 of
> /usr/src/share/examples/etc/make.conf ?

[] is usually shorthand for an optional variant

i.e.  pentium3[m] means pentium3 or pentium3m