Subject: Re: Changes to the NetBSD Packages Collection in September 2001
To: Alistair Crooks <agc@netbsd.org>
From: Ian Fry <Ian.Fry@sophos.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 10/01/2001 16:13:34
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 04:57:14PM +0200, Alistair Crooks wrote:
> bsd.pkg.mk: added a bsd.pkg.defaults.mk file which is sourced
> just after /etc/mk.conf, allowing /etc/mk.conf to just specify
> values which differ from the defaults. [agc 2001-09-18]
Wouldn't it have been easier to source bsd.pkg.defaults.mk before
/etc/mk.conf? Then, you wouldn't have to use '?=' to set values if they
haven't been overriden. This way, /etc/mk.conf overrides the setting in
bsd.pkg.defaults.mk.
Ian.