src.conf(5) status/semantics

Freddie Cash fjwcash at gmail.com
Mon Mar 28 22:37:11 UTC 2011


On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Alexander Best <arundel at freebsd.org> wrote:
> how hard would it be to change the *.mk code so the following semantics apply:
>
> - make.conf(5) == applies system-wide
> - src.conf(5) == applies only to /usr/src

What would be really nice would be taking it to its logical conclusion:

/etc/make.conf   for system-wide make options (applies when make run anywhere)
/etc/src.conf        only applies when make run under /usr/src
/etc/ports.conf    only applies when make run under /usr/ports

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Freddie Cash
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