Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 18:40:37 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: Roger Merritt <mcrogerm@stjohn.ac.th> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What sets my env? Message-ID: <20010819184037.F313@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20010820081226.007cbbb0@stjohn.stjohn.ac.th>; from mcrogerm@stjohn.ac.th on Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 08:12:26AM %2B0700 References: <53740635@toto.iv> <15229.13299.802679.707365@guru.mired.org> <3.0.6.32.20010820081226.007cbbb0@stjohn.stjohn.ac.th>
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On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 08:12:26AM +0700, Roger Merritt wrote: > At 10:10 AM 8/17/01 -0500, you wrote: > >Roger Merritt <mcrogerm@stjohn.ac.th> types: > >> I was preparing to make my docs and checked the environment variable > >> DOC_LANG, since they changed the name of the directory in the doc tree. I > >> found that DOC_LANG was still set to the old value and started looking > >> around to find where this was being set from. Darned if I can find it. It's > >> not being done in my .profile or .bashrc. grep doesn't find anything in the > >> file in /etc, although I did find a line in /etc/defaults/make.conf; but it > >> has the correct value. My current solution was to copy the relevant lines > >> to /etc/make.conf and uncomment the required line. > >> But I'm curious. Where is this environment value being set when the shell > >> is started? > > > >It can be set in /etc/login.conf. > > > > <mike > >-- > >Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > >Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > > > > I guess it can be, but it isn't. Somewhere during bootup *something* is > setting it, and I still can't locate it. I think you are actually talking about a make(1) variable and not a shell environmental variable, right? Make sure to nuke all of your build space before starting a build with new sources. (This applies to building world or kernel as well.) Does this make a difference? -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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