Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 12:18:11 -0600 From: Oscar Bonilla <obonilla@fisicc-ufm.edu> To: Ken <kvgu@uswest.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: yabq Message-ID: <19990709121810.A74264@fisicc-ufm.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19990709090936.00802a30@pop.bois.uswest.net>; from Ken on Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 09:09:36AM -0600 References: <3.0.6.32.19990709090936.00802a30@pop.bois.uswest.net>
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On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 09:09:36AM -0600, Ken wrote: > yabq: yet another boneheaded question.... > > I was checking out the tripwire port the other day and wanted to make with > floppy option, so I did; > > make TRIPWIRE_FLOPPY=YES > make install > > Just like I always do when I want to specify non default options like > USA_RESIDENT, etc. However, in this case the floppy wasn't written to > unless I included the floppy statement in my make install command as well. > Should I always be doing this? > It depends on the time the port requires the environment variable to be set. In the case of USA_RESIDENT it's used at fetch time, in the case of TRIPWIRE_FLOPPY it's used at install time. If you want to be sure, setenv the variable and then make or make install from the very begining (i.e. don't make; make install as make install implies make) regards, -Oscar -- For PGP Public Key: finger obonilla@fisicc-ufm.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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