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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>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: overwriting NOT_FOR_ARCHS via /etc/make.conf has no effect
Message-ID:  <20090126150648.57c70940.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <20090126125528.GA292@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk>
References:  <20090126125528.GA292@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk>

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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.



-- 
Polytropon
>From Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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