On 15 July 2012 14:47, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas at bristol.ac.uk> wrote: > $ cat Makefile > all: > echo $(LOCALBASE) > $ > $ make > echo easier way to test is "make -V LOCALBASE" > What do I need to do to use LOCALBASE > in my makefiles? You need to include "bsd.port.mk" (found in /usr/ports/Mk) -- Eitan Adler