NO_ knobs in /etc/make.conf
Tom Rhodes
trhodes at FreeBSD.org
Tue Jan 22 18:57:40 UTC 2008
On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:34:06 -0800
Doug Barton <dougb at freebsd.org> wrote:
> Toomas Aas wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > In earlier releases, /etc/make.conf had various NO_ knobs such as
> > NO_SENDMAIL or NO_IPFILTER to avoid building specific parts of the
> > system during buildworld. In FreeBSD 7 they seem to be gone?
>
> There is a cross-reference to src.conf(5) at the end of make.conf(5),
> but IMO the connection needs to be made more explicit. Anyone want to
> take that on? This should also go in the release notes if it's not already.
Something like:
"Options which affect the FreeBSD build process have been relocated
to src.conf."
right at the "Building the kernel" part would be good I guess.
Opinions?
--
Tom Rhodes
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