make.conf syntax

[Duane Whitty]

Erik Trulsson wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 07:00:08PM -0400, Duane Whitty wrote:
>   
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I believe I used the wrong syntax in my make.conf
>> I used
>>
>> NO_PROFILE="YES"
>>
>> Should I have instead used
>>
>> NO_PROFILE=YES
>>
>> or
>>
>> NO_PROFILE=TRUE
>>     
>
> It shouldn't matter.
>
>   
>> Is YES and TRUE and 1 equivalent in this context?
>>     
>
> Yes, and they are also equivalent to NO or FALSE.
> The makefiles only check if NO_PROFILE is defined, not what it is 
> defined as.
> This is true for many other makefile variables as well.
>
>
>   
Thanks,

I've been reading make.conf(5) and so I now
understand what you mean.  I should have defined
a variable for myself before I started, first_step="RTFM"

Thanks for everyone's patience,

Duane