problems with make.conf

[Pieter de Goeje]

On Saturday 26 May 2007, Christian Gusenbauer wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I've a problem compiling the port graphics/libGLw. The port's Makefile
> contains the line
>
> CFLAGS+=-D__GLX_MOTIF=1
>
> As long as I don't set my own CFLAGS in /etc/make.conf, the port compiles
> fine. But if I set my own CFLAGS in /etc/make.conf, the CFLAGS+= line in
> the Makefile seems to be ignored (or overwritten by my settings).
>
> How do I correctly use the /etc/make.conf file? How can I use my own
> settings?
>
> Thanks,
> Christian.
Have you tried putting CFLAGS+= .... (note the +) in make.conf? Otherwise you 
could try setting the correct cflags in the environment before executing 
make, for example: setenv CFLAGS -Os.

HTH,
Pieter de Goeje