It seems right. Makefile USE_TEX= texlive dvipsk kpathsea pdftex bsd.tex.mk# default TeX distribution. "texlive" TEX_DEFAULT?= texlive .if ${TEX_DEFAULT} != texlive IGNORE= Only 'texlive' is supported as value for TEX_DEFAULT .endif texlive is default. And if you read bsd.tex.mk it is not under "The other valid keywords"