--- Benjamin Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dara Hazeghi wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > where's the proper file to override the setting of > > MAKEFLAGS globally? Yes, I realize this isn't > always a > > good idea. However, setting it by hand for many > > packages gets rather tedious. In fact, generally > > speaking, if I need to override a variable > globally, > > where should I do this? Thanks, > > There is no "proper" way to do it, but the way the > distcc package does > it is to set it in a script in /sw/etc/profile.d/
Ah, I see. Thanks. I was wondering how distcc.conf propagated its settings, and now I know! > > Keep in mind that building fink packages with distcc > enabled (or > MAKEFLAGS higher than -j1) is not officially > supported. Some packages > will break. This is true. But among other things, it provides a nice stress test, and allows one to make bug reports in those cases. If nothing else, my builds will take less time to fail :-/ Dara __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
