make.conf file & CPUTYPE?

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Sat Dec 25 17:58:36 PST 2004


On Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 08:17:00PM -0500, Gerard Seibert wrote:
> When I ran 'buildkernel' as well as 'buildworld', I used 
> the 'CPUTYPE?=i686' directive in the 'make.conf' file. I was wondering if 
> it is correct to leave it in the 'make.conf' file now that I am finished 
> building a new kernel and updating the system. Would I be better off if I 
> just removed it, or changed it to 'CPUTYPE=i686'. I assumed that the '?' 
> was just for the 'buildworld' procedure.

Setting it with ?= was a bug that was recently fixed.  You can cvsup
and continue to set it with =.

Kris
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