Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:03:43 +0000 From: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: src.conf(5) status/semantics Message-ID: <20110328220343.GA44745@freebsd.org>
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hi there, how hard would it be to change the *.mk code so the following semantics apply: - make.conf(5) == applies system-wide - src.conf(5) == applies only to /usr/src right now certain settings will not be picked up from src.conf(5), like CC or CXX. it seems src.conf(5)'s puspose atm is limited to setting WITHOUT_* options. as can be noticed in several questions on current@, toolchain@ and questions@, the current behavior is non-intuitive. a lot of users don't understand why certain settings inside /etc/src.conf don't get picked up when building a target such as buildkernel or buildworld. expecially in connection with switching to clang and clang++ confusion has been noticable more than once. cheers. alex -- a13x
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