Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 17:54:03 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> Cc: Eivind Eklund <eivind@freebsd.org>, "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, committers@freebsd.org, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/make.conf abuse Message-ID: <19991009175403.A54620@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910082125560.312-100000@picnic.mat.net>; from Chuck Robey on Fri, Oct 08, 1999 at 09:29:47PM -0400 References: <19991008192943.S71340@bitbox.follo.net> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910082125560.312-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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On Fri, Oct 08, 1999 at 09:29:47PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote:
> > IMO: Neither. It should be located in src, whereever you check that
> > out, so you can do several different builds with different
> > configurations. It would be nice if it was possible to specify the
> > name of the file on the build command line, so you could do several
> > differently configured builds from the same source tree. I don't
> > think this would be too difficult.
>
> I agree with Eivind; seeing as our make has a nice way to include files
> (such as a /usr/src/make.local)
One snag with that. Sometimes a remedy for fixing a build problem is
# rm -rf /usr/src
and start again. I know that's probably ingrained in a lot of people's
fingers, and they treat /usr/src as an expendable file system. Suddenly
we'll be putting a config file there.
Perhaps /usr/local/etc/make.conf would be better? Or at least a variable
(which can be defined in /etc/make.conf) which points to the file, so that
the admin can easily set local policy.
N
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PS: Sorry for the delay in replying. What with work, buying a house, moving
in to the house, fixing the plumbing in the house, and paying the bills, I've
been a little busy recently. I'm back to e-mail now, and catching up. . .
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