ok i have found it my mk.conf (no in /etc) was not read. i change the following lines in $base/share/mk/bsd.own.mk .if defined(MAKECONF) && exists(${MAKECONF}) .include "${MAKECONF}" .elif exists(/etc/mk.conf) .include "/etc/mk.conf" .endif according to my localbase but why boostrap doesn't do it ? regards julien