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Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:06:48 +0100
From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: overwriting NOT_FOR_ARCHS via /etc/make.conf has no effect
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On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:55:29 +0000, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> wrote:
> I'm trying to overwrite a Makefile variable via /etc/make.conf
> It doesn't seem to work:

This behaviour is correct. The local makefiles have precedence
before the /etc/make.conf settings.



> What am I doing wrong?

You could modify the port's Makefile itself, or create Makefile.local
in the port's dicrectory with your specific settings, but I don't
now if this mechanism is still supported.



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Polytropon
>From Magdeburg, Germany
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