Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 20:31:09 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/make.conf abuse Message-ID: <380078FD.206F755A@newsguy.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910082125560.312-100000@picnic.mat.net> <37FEDD1B.24FDF38E@newsguy.com> <199910100123.VAA75785@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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Garrett Wollman wrote:
>
> <<On Sat, 09 Oct 1999 15:13:47 +0900, "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> said:
>
> > I'm inclined to have a /usr/src/make.conf (world.conf? :), included
> > by the mk files, with path and name overridable by environment
> > variables.
>
> Compromise: /etc/bsd.conf.mk and (logically or) $(SRCTOP)/conf.mk.
I'd rather just have ${SRCTOP}/${SRCCONF}. If people prefer
/etc/make.conf, they can leave it as it is right now, and it will
continue to work. If they prefer the file in /etc instead of
/usr/src, they can set SRCTOP in make.conf. :-)
--
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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