On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 03:46:53AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
> > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Doug Barton writes:
> > >Poul-Henning,
> > >
> > >Please don't forget to update src/share/examples/etc/make.conf
> > >accordingly.
> >
> > Hmm, so this stuff is documented both in make.conf(5) and an examples
> > file ? Sounds like one place too many to me.
>
> Well, there's "always" been an example make.conf file. In previous
> incarnations it's lived in /etc, then /etc/defaults. I also agree with
> the previous poster that it's useful to have such an example, and
> mergemaster uses it for the -p option.
In former times the make.conf file has been installed in /etc
when doing a fresh FreeBSD installation. It contained useful
commented out options.
If memory serves me right, the file isn't installed anymore
by default. Is there a reason ? I regarded this as useful
tro have it around under /etc, so to say "ready for use".
Andreas ///
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