[SOLVED] Re: make buildworld fails with CPUTYPE set

[Pietro Cerutti]

On 5/9/06, RW <list-freebsd-2004 at morbius.sent.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 09 May 2006 22:21, Pietro Cerutti wrote:
> > On 5/9/06, Pietro Cerutti <pietro.cerutti at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > CPUTYPE=pentium3[m]
> >
> > I solved the problem by putting pentium3 instead of pentium3[m].
> >
> > So why it's stated "pentium3[m]" in line 35 of
> > /usr/src/share/examples/etc/make.conf ?
>
> [] is usually shorthand for an optional variant
>
> i.e.  pentium3[m] means pentium3 or pentium3m

Thanx Erick and RW.
I knew the notation, but I didn't realize it was used there....

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Pietro Cerutti
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