[GLLUG] FreeBSD make.conf Question

Jim Fick jfick at mphi.org
Mon Oct 23 13:02:02 EDT 2006


From: Adam McDougall [mailto:mcdouga9 at egr.msu.edu] 
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 11:09 AM
To: Jim Fick
Cc: linux-user at egr.msu.edu
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] FreeBSD make.conf Question

On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 11:04:49AM -0400, Jim Fick wrote:

  I?ve installed FreeBSD 6.1 and have a question.  Is it normal for
there to not
  be a make.conf file in either /etc or /etc/defaults?
  
   
  
  James A. Fick, Jr
  
  Michigan Public Health Inst.
  
  IT Systems & Security Manager
  

Yes, see /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf for examples.
Since things in make.conf usually affect code compilation,
defaults are basically build into Makefiles etc rather than
a file in /etc.  /etc/make.conf will need to be created for
permanent overrides.



Thank you for confirming that I'm not nuts.  I did make a copy of the
file from the examples directory and edited it for my needs.  

Thank you again.

Jim



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