To be fair mk.conf's man page does say it overrides paramters used during 
the build.

What should probably be clarified is the section in BUILDING which states
vars can be set in either the environment or via mk.conf (MAKECONF). It's
not real explicit about which ones win out.

James


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>> This is what happens:
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>> 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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>This makes perfectly sense.
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>After re-readin UPDATING, it is mentioned nowhere. I think, on the
>contrary that such a _big_ misfeature deserves a Heads Up.
>Imho...
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>Thanks Jaromir, Todd, and others.
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>-- 
>Xavier
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>http://www.tibet.fr/
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