NO_ knobs in /etc/make.conf

Tom Rhodes trhodes at FreeBSD.org
Tue Jan 22 18:57:40 UTC 2008


On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:34:06 -0800
Doug Barton <dougb at freebsd.org> wrote:

> Toomas Aas wrote:
> > Hello!
> > 
> > In earlier releases, /etc/make.conf had various NO_ knobs such as 
> > NO_SENDMAIL or NO_IPFILTER to avoid building specific parts of the 
> > system during buildworld. In FreeBSD 7 they seem to be gone? 
> 
> There is a cross-reference to src.conf(5) at the end of make.conf(5), 
> but IMO the connection needs to be made more explicit. Anyone want to 
> take that on? This should also go in the release notes if it's not already.

Something like:

"Options which affect the FreeBSD build process have been relocated
to src.conf."

right at the "Building the kernel" part would be good I guess.
Opinions?

-- 
Tom Rhodes



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