make.conf question

[Andrey Simonenko]

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 10:41:34 +0000 (UTC) in lucky.freebsd.questions, "Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root at pukruppa.de>" wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> 1) Can I put any make option into make.conf that can be applied
>   to ports (like in    make WITH_CALENDAR=yes install clean    )
>   or is this restricted to system ressources?
> 2) If yes - would this be advisable? - Or is there a big chance
>   to produce some sort of mess?

I use following in /etc/make.conf:

.if ${.CURDIR:N*/ports/news/tin} == ""
WITH_TIN_NNTP_ONLY=yes
#WITH_TIN_METAMAIL=yes
WITH_TIN_ISPELL=yes
.endif