svn commit: r196727 - head/share/man/man5

[Doug Barton]

Dimitry Andric wrote:
> On 2009-09-02 07:21, Maxim Konovalov wrote:
>>> Unless I'm missing something this should be in the src.conf man page
>>> instead of make.conf.
>> Please explain why.
> 
> make.conf(5):
>      The file make.conf contains system-wide settings that will apply to every
>      build using make(1) and the standard sys.mk file.
> 
> src.conf(5):
>      The src.conf file contains settings that will apply to every build
>      involving the FreeBSD source tree; see build(7).
> 
> The MALLOC_PRODUCTION define is used inside the FreeBSD source tree
> (actually only in jemalloc, it seems).
> 
> You most likely don't want it to apply 'globally', since third-party
> programs (e.g. ports) might give a totally different meaning to this
> define -- or most likely: no meaning at all. :)

That's correct.

Maxim, I forgot to include the pointer to src/tools/build/options in
my previous mail, so there you go. :)


Doug

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