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Date:      Fri, 10 Oct 1997 10:09:51 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@Informatik.BA-Stuttgart.DE>
To:        joe@pavilion.net (Josef Karthauser)
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Locally defining system constants?
Message-ID:  <199710100809.KAA27210@rvc1.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de>
In-Reply-To: <19971009112106.47889@pavilion.net> from Josef Karthauser at "Oct 9, 97 11:21:06 am"

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> I need to redefine FD_SETSIZE to a larger value on a local machine
> and don't know the best way to do it so that it doesn't get stomped
> on every cvsup.  Currently I'm defining it in /usr/src/sys/sys/types.h,
> but it should be able to be defined externally (in make.conf?).
> 
> Does anyone know how?

Set 
CFLAGS=		-DFD_SETSIZE=1024
in /etc/make.conf.

But I doubt you need to set FD_SETSIZE system wide.  The value
provided in <sys/types.h> is a *default* value, that can
and should be set to the user choosen value in the local make file
or in the C source (before including <sys/types.h>).

Wolfgang



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