Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 07:52:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Pentchev <roam@FreeBSD.org> To: bacon@smithers.neuro.mcw.edu, roam@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/40147: Nedit pkg_add refers to non-existant /etc/make.conf Message-ID: <200207031452.g63EqrQV096600@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Synopsis: Nedit pkg_add refers to non-existant /etc/make.conf State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: roam State-Changed-When: Wed Jul 3 07:48:34 PDT 2002 State-Changed-Why: /etc/make.conf is correct. /etc/make.conf is a configuration file that make(1) reads on every invocation (or, to be more precise, /usr/share/mk/sys.mk is read on every invocation, and sys.mk reads /etc/make.conf if it exists). /etc/defaults/make.conf is just a list of variables that are not supposed to be modified; just like /etc/defaults/rc.conf, it is a template, the purpose of which is to show you which variables you can change for your needs. The place to actually set variables is /etc/make.conf, which does not exist on clean installations, but is created by the system administrator as needed. Thus, any program or script that tries to set system-wide make(1) configuration options should attempt to modify /etc/make.conf, not /etc/defaults/make.conf; that is just what Nedit does. Still, thank you for trying to improve FreeBSD by reporting what you thought was a genuine problem! http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=40147 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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