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Subject: Re: portupgrade and make options
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Fatman writes:


>  The portupgrade system will honour any variables in
>  /etc/make.conf.

	So will every other port (as well as any attempts to rebuild
the OS) whether this is desirable behavior or not.
	Putting settings in "make.conf" is a club; seek instead for a
scalpel.


				Robert Huff