conf/65738: /etc/make.conf treats MAKE_IDEA=yes as NO; case sensitive

Ryan Lackey ryan at venona.com
Sun Apr 18 17:00:38 PDT 2004


>Number:         65738
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       /etc/make.conf treats MAKE_IDEA=yes as NO; case sensitive
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Apr 18 17:00:37 PDT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Ryan Lackey
>Release:        5.2-CURRENT
>Organization:
metacolo
>Environment:
FreeBSD bb1-sfo.metacolo.net 5.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #7: Sat Apr 17 03:10:34 UTC 2004     root at bb1-sfo.metacolo.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/UBER  i386

>Description:
/etc/make.conf is case sensitive for booleans? 

MAKE_IDEA=yes overrode /etc/defaults/make.conf MAKE_IDEA=YES and
didn't make idea; it was like putting anything but MAKE_IDEA=YES is treated as MAKE_IDEA=NO.

It really shouldn't be case sensitive like that, since most stuff in /etc/rc.conf treats YES=Yes=yes NO=No=no

>How-To-Repeat:
on any recent release, or current, try making idea with MAKE_IDEA=yes in /etc/make.conf; you get no IDEA.
>Fix:
whatever parses make.conf
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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