Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 15:28:13 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: dillon@backplane.com, jkoshy@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: bde@zeta.org.au, committers@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc make.conf Message-ID: <199808270528.PAA27874@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>:Also, this change breaks the declarative "VAR = VALUE" structure of >:"make.conf" by bringing in "active statements" with BSD make syntax >:and semantics. >:If we need to do active things like checking for an additional "local" files >:then it is better done from a top level makefile. > > Hmm.. ok, works for me. Anyone have any objections to having sys.mk > check for an /etc/make.conf.local after /etc/make.conf ? Yes, I already object to it checking for /etc/make.conf :-). The top level is too high for most of the stuff in it. It should only be used to override or add to settings for variables like CFLAGS that are already set in <sys.mk>. Bruce
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