ports tree build ignores /etc/make.conf

[Lowell Gilbert]

Anton Shterenlikht <mexas at bristol.ac.uk> writes:

> 	I have:
>
> # uname -srm
> FreeBSD 6.4-STABLE alpha
> #
>
> 	In /etc/make.conf I have
>
> .if ${.CURDIR:M*/lang/gcc*}
> NOT_FOR_ARCHS=
> .endif
>
> 	However, I get:
>
> # cd /usr/ports/lang/gcc43
> # make
> ===>  gcc-4.3.3_20090101 does not run on alpha ia64, while you are running alpha.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/ports/lang/gcc43.
> # 
>
> 	So it seems make ignores NOT_FOR_ARCHS= setting.
> When I add this to the gcc43/Makefile directly, build
> goes ahead.
>
> 	What's the problem?

The port's makefile is overriding the setting you put in make.conf.
That variable is intended for use in ports, not by end-users (otherwise,
the port makefile would use a different assignment operator to avoid
overwriting existing settings).

If you really think you can fix the build for that architecture, you
should be modifying the original makefile. 

-- 
Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
		http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/