freebsd-update and ports

[Warren Block]

On Mon, 28 Jan 2013, Glen Barber wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 12:27:56PM +0000, Simon L. B. Nielsen wrote:
>> On 24 January 2013 19:55, Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 23 Jan 2013, Warren Block wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 22 Jan 2013, Simon L. B. Nielsen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> For the 'make kernel' to force not using /etc/make.conf:
>>>>>
>>>>> make kernel __MAKE_CONF=/dev/null
>>>>>
>>>>> I think that's what the variable is called - I don't have a FreeBSD
>>>>> handy to check.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  % make -V__MAKE_CONF
>>>>  /etc/make.conf
>>>>
>>>> Added.  It does make the next sentence a bit redundant.
>>>>
>>>>  It is also suggested that the kernel is built without any other
>>>>  special options, preferably with an empty /etc/make.conf.
>>>>
>>>> Offhand, I can't think of other special options to be given as alternate
>>>> examples.
>>>
>>> Finally thought of src.conf, but "special options" makes me think of
>>> command-line options or flags.
>>
>> If there is a __SRC_CONF etc that should probably be set to /dev/null
>> too, but I can't think of anything else either.
>>
>
> SRCCONF=/dev/null .

Added.  The command line is ugly as a chihuahua, but what can you do?