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Date:      Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:35:23 +0400
From:      Anonymous <swell.k@gmail.com>
To:        Dimitry Andric <dimitry@andric.com>
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG, Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru>, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.ORG>, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r196727 - head/share/man/man5
Message-ID:  <86hbvli9tg.fsf@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4A9E7718.1080503@andric.com> (Dimitry Andric's message of "Wed,  02 Sep 2009 15:46:00 %2B0200")
References:  <200909010555.n815tAkx050140@svn.freebsd.org> <4A9D4A90.30700@FreeBSD.org> <20090902092054.Q27429@mp2.macomnet.net> <4A9E7718.1080503@andric.com>

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Dimitry Andric <dimitry@andric.com> writes:

> On 2009-09-02 07:21, Maxim Konovalov wrote:
>>> Unless I'm missing something this should be in the src.conf man page
>>> instead of make.conf.
>> Please explain why.
>
> make.conf(5):
>      The file make.conf contains system-wide settings that will apply to every
>      build using make(1) and the standard sys.mk file.
>
> src.conf(5):
>      The src.conf file contains settings that will apply to every build
>      involving the FreeBSD source tree; see build(7).
>
> The MALLOC_PRODUCTION define is used inside the FreeBSD source tree
> (actually only in jemalloc, it seems).
>
> You most likely don't want it to apply 'globally', since third-party
> programs (e.g. ports) might give a totally different meaning to this
> define -- or most likely: no meaning at all. :)

Don't you think this affects not only MALLOC_PRODUCTION but all defines
under sections "BUILDING THE KERNEL" and "BUILDING THE WORLD"?

For example, WITHOUT_MODULES conflicts with one in archivers/p7zip.



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